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pointer on a gauge · Preferred written form
Preferred written form The two preferred forms differ by a single character. In Taiwan the standard term is 指標; on the Mainland it is 指针 - both point at “pointer on a gauge”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 指標、指針 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.
指標 is L5 vocabulary on the TOCFL 华语八千词 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 | 指標 | 指针 |
| Reading | ㄓˇ ㄅㄧㄠ zhǐ biāo | zhǐ zhēn ㄓˇ ㄓㄣ |
| Senses | (production) target; quota; index; indicator; sign; signpost | pointer on a gauge; clock hand; cursor |
| Syllabus | TOCFL L5 | — |
| MOE records | 指標 · 指針 | |
| Dictionary | entry → | entry → |
| Audio | ||
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