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vending machine · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 机 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 販賣機; on the Mainland it is 自动售货机 - both point at “vending machine”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 販賣機、自動售貨機 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 | 販賣機 | 自动售货机 |
| Reading | ㄈㄢˋ ㄇㄞˋ ㄐㄧ fàn mài jī | zì dòng shòu huò jī ㄗˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄕㄡˋ ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧ |
| Senses | vending machine | vending machine |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 販賣機 · 自動售貨機 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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