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(computing) motherboard · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 主板 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 主機板; on the Mainland it is 主板 - both point at “(computing) motherboard”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 主機板、主板 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: 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 | 主機板 | 主板 |
| Reading | ㄓㄨˇ ㄐㄧ ㄅㄢˇ zhǔ jī bǎn | zhǔ bǎn ㄓㄨˇ ㄅㄢˇ |
| Senses | (computing) motherboard | (computing) motherboard; (stock market) main board |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 主機板 · 主板 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
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