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vocational high school · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 高职 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 高職; on the Mainland it is 职高 - both point at “vocational high school”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 高職、職高 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 | 高職 | 职高 |
| Reading | ㄍㄠ ㄓˊ gāo zhí | zhí gāo ㄓˊ ㄍㄠ |
| Senses | senior academic or professional title (abbr. for 高級職稱|高级职称); (Tw) vocational high school; vocational higher education institution (abbr. for 高等職業技術學校|高等职业技术学校) | vocational high school (abbr. for 職業高中|职业高中) (職業高中|职业高中 · vocational high school (abbr. to 職高|职高)) |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 高職 · 職高 | |
| Dictionary | entry → | entry → |
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