Comparison of national standards of Chinese

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The Chinese language enjoys the status as official language in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore and Taiwan. It is recognized as a minority language in Malaysia. However, the language shows a high degree of regional variation among these territories.

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Linguistic differences

In many cases, those in China, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Singapore, and Taiwan use different words for the same meaning.

This section seeks to illustrate the differences in vocabulary by a limited selected examples. Note that language used in Hong Kong is almost identical to that of Macau, and that Malaysian vocabulary is identical to Singaporean vocabulary.[ citation needed ]

MeaningFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Flag of Macau.svg  Macau Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan
SimplifiedTraditionalTraditionalSimplifiedSimplifiedTraditional
bus 公交车/大巴 / 公共汽车巴士巴士巴士巴士公車
taxi 出租车, 的士, 计程车的士, 的的士, 的德士德士計程車, 小黃
police 公安/警察差人/警察差人/治安警/司警警察/警卫/马达警察/警卫/马达警察 / 員警/警衛
town square 广场廣場前地广场广场廣場
laser 激光, 镭射鐳射, 雷射, 激光鐳射, 雷射, 激光激光, laser激光, laser雷射
rapid transit 轨道交通/地铁地鐵地鐵地铁地铁捷運
light rail 轻轨, 有轨电车輕鐵輕軌轻轨轻轨輕軌
instant noodles 方便面, 泡面即食麵, 公仔麵即食麵, 公仔麵泡面, 快熟面泡面, 快熟面泡麵, 速食麵, 生力麵
Cantonese 粤语/广东话/广州话粵語/廣東話/廣州話粵語/廣東話/廣州話粤语粤语粵語
Mandarin 国语/普通话國語/普通話國語/普通話华语华语國語
potato 土豆, 马铃薯, 地蛋, 洋芋薯仔薯仔马铃薯马铃薯馬鈴薯, 洋芋
pineapple 凤梨/菠萝菠蘿, 鳳梨(only in 鳳梨酥)菠蘿黄梨黄梨鳳梨, 黃梨(in Hakka language), 菠蘿(in 菠蘿包)
lorry/truck 卡车(large truck);货车貨車, 貨櫃車(cargo container truck)貨車, 貨櫃車(cargo container truck)罗里罗里貨車, 貨櫃車(cargo container truck) [1]
tights/pantyhose [2] 裤袜/连裤袜襪褲襪褲裤袜裤袜褲襪
lunch box/bento [2] 盒饭飯盒飯盒便当, 盒饭便当, 盒饭便當, 飯盒 [3]
butter 黄油牛油牛油牛油牛油奶油
air-conditioner 空调冷氣機冷氣機冷气机冷气机冷氣機
paperclip 回形针/回纹针萬字夾萬字夾回形针回形针迴紋針
rock paper scissors 石头剪子布包剪揼包剪揼剪刀石头布剪刀石头布剪刀石頭布
plastic bag 袋子/塑料袋膠袋膠袋塑胶袋, 塑料袋塑胶袋, 塑料袋塑膠袋
wet market 商场街市商場巴刹巴刹商場
Printer 打印机打印機打印機打印机打印机印表機

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References

  1. 貨車追撞貨櫃車 1乘客當場慘死
  2. 1 2 港人光大倒裝 詞彙自成一格 Archived 2013-02-09 at archive.today
  3. 「熱米飯帶著走」 韓式飯盒進攻台灣