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efficacy · Preferred written form
Preferred written form The two preferred forms differ by a single character. In Taiwan the standard term is 效能; on the Mainland it is 性能 - both point at “efficacy”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 效能、性能 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.
性能 is HSK 5 vocabulary on the HSK 3.0 list.
Pair source: the OpenCC cross-strait conversion table, which maps each Mainland term to the form used in Taiwan.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 效能 | 性能 |
| Reading | ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄋㄥˊ xiào néng | xìng néng ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄋㄥˊ |
| Senses | efficacy; effectiveness | function; performance; behavior |
| Syllabus | — | HSK 5 |
| MOE records | 效能 · 性能 | |
| Dictionary | entry → | entry → |
| Audio | ||
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