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執行緒 vs 线程

(computing) thread · Different everyday word

台灣 · Taiwan
執行緒 ㄓˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄩˋ · zhí xíng xù
vs
大陆 · Mainland
线程 xiàn chéng · ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄔㄥˊ

What differs, and by how much

Different everyday word The two terms share no characters at all. In Taiwan the standard term is 執行緒; on the Mainland it is 线程 - both point at “(computing) thread”.

Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 執行緒、線程 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.

Neither term carries an HSK or TOCFL level in this table - this pair is dictionary-recorded, not syllabus-derived.

Pair source: the OpenCC cross-strait conversion table, which maps each Mainland term to the form used in Taiwan.

Side by side

Taiwan · 台灣Mainland · 大陆
Written form 執行緒 线程
Reading ㄓˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄩˋ zhí xíng xù xiàn chéng ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄔㄥˊ
Senses (computing) thread (computing) thread
Syllabus — —
MOE records 執行緒 · 線程
Dictionary not in the LinZi dictionary not in the LinZi dictionary
Audio — —

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