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electrical ballast · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 器 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 安定器; on the Mainland it is 镇流器 - both point at “electrical ballast”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 安定器、鎮流器 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 | 安定器 | 镇流器 |
| Reading | ㄢ ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄧˋ ān dìng qì | zhèn liú qì ㄓㄣˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄑㄧˋ |
| Senses | electrical ballast | electrical ballast |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 安定器 · 鎮流器 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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