Home/Taiwanese Mandarin/All pairs/位元組 vs 字节
(computing) byte · Different everyday word
Different everyday word The two terms share no characters at all. In Taiwan the standard term is 位元組; on the Mainland it is 字节 - both point at “(computing) byte”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 位元組、字節 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 | 位元組 | 字节 |
| Reading | ㄨㄟˋ ㄩㄢˊ ㄗㄨˇ wèi yuán zǔ | zì jié ㄗˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊ |
| Senses | (computing) byte | (computing) byte |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 位元組 · 字節 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
Taiwan vs Mainland explorer (search all 953 pairs, random pair, MOE reading table) · every pair, A–Z · MOE standard characters · learning Mandarin for Taiwan · dictionary