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匯流排 vs 总线

computer bus · Different everyday word

台灣 · Taiwan
匯流排 ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄆㄞˊ · huì liú pái
vs
大陆 · Mainland
总线 zǒng xiàn · ㄗㄨㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

What differs, and by how much

Different everyday word The two terms share no characters at all. In Taiwan the standard term is 匯流排; on the Mainland it is 总线 - both point at “computer bus”.

Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 匯流排、總線 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.

Side by side

Taiwan · 台灣Mainland · 大陆
Written form 匯流排 总线
Reading ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄆㄞˊ huì liú pái zǒng xiàn ㄗㄨㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
Senses computer bus computer bus
Syllabus — —
MOE records 匯流排 · 總線
Dictionary not in the LinZi dictionary entry →
Audio —

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