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app · Preferred written form
Preferred written form The two preferred forms differ by a single character. In Taiwan the standard term is 應用程式; on the Mainland it is 应用程序 - both point at “app”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 應用程式、應用程序 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: LinZi’s curated MOE-vs-HSK comparison table.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 應用程式 | 应用程序 |
| Reading | ㄧㄥ ㄩㄥˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄕˋ yīng yòng chéng shì | yīng yòng chéng xù ㄧㄥ ㄩㄥˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄒㄩˋ |
| Senses | app | app |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 應用程式 · 應用程序 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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