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application programming interface (API) · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 应用程 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 應用程式介面; on the Mainland it is 应用程序接口 - both point at “application programming interface (API)”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 應用程式介面、應用程序接口 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: CC-CEDICT, which tags the Taiwan form as Taiwan usage.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 應用程式介面 | 应用程序接口 |
| Reading | ㄧㄥ ㄩㄥˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ yīng yòng chéng shì jiè miàn | yīng yòng chéng xù jiē kǒu ㄧㄥ ㄩㄥˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄒㄩˋ ㄐㄧㄝ ㄎㄡˇ |
| Senses | application programming interface (API) | application programming interface (API) |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 應用程式介面 · 應用程序接口 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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