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(loanword) camera · Different everyday word
Different everyday word The two terms share no characters at all. In Taiwan the standard term is 開麥拉; on the Mainland it is 相机 - both point at “(loanword) camera”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 開麥拉、相機 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.
相机 is HSK 2 vocabulary on the HSK 3.0 list.
Pair source: CC-CEDICT, which tags the Taiwan form as Taiwan usage.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 開麥拉 | 相机 |
| Reading | ㄎㄞ ㄇㄞˋ ㄌㄚ kāi mài lā | xiàng jī ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄐㄧ |
| Senses | (loanword) camera | camera (abbr. for 照相機|照相机); at the opportune moment; as the circumstances allow |
| Syllabus | — | HSK 2 |
| MOE records | 開麥拉 · 相機 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
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