Comparison of national standards of Chinese
The Chinese language enjoys the status as official language in China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore and Taiwan. It is also widely used in Malaysia. However, the language shows a high degree of regional variation among these territories.
Linguistic differences[]
In many cases, those in Mainland 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]
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Traditional | Simplified | Traditional | Traditional | Traditional | Simplified | Traditional | |
bus | 公交車/大巴 / 公共汽車 | 公交车/大巴 / 公共汽车 | 巴士 | 巴士 | 巴士 | 巴士 | 公車 |
taxi | 出租車, 的士, 計程車 | 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 | 公安/警察 | 差人/警察 | 差人/治安警/司警 | 警察/警衞/馬達 | 警察/警卫/马达 | 警察 / 員警/警衞 |
town square | 廣場 | 广场 | 廣場 | 前地 | 廣場 | 广场 | 廣場 |
laser | 激光, 鐳射 | 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 | 軌道交通/地鐵 | 轨道交通/地铁 | 地鐵 | 地鐵 | 地鐵 | 地铁 | 捷運 |
light rail | 輕軌, 有軌電車 | 轻轨, 有轨電車 | 輕鐵 | 輕軌 | 輕軌 | 轻轨 | 輕軌 |
instant noodles | 方便麵, 泡麵 | 方便面, 泡面 | 即食麵, 公仔麵 | 即食麵, 公仔麵 | 泡麵, 快熟麵 | 泡面, 快熟面 | 泡麵, 速食麵, 生力麵 |
Standard Chinese | 普通話 | 普通话 | 國語/普通話 | 國語/普通話 | 華語 | 华语 | 國語 |
potato | 土豆, 馬鈴薯, 地蛋, 洋芋 | 土豆, 马铃薯, 地蛋, 洋芋 | 薯仔 | 薯仔 | 馬鈴薯 | 马铃薯 | 馬鈴薯, 洋芋 |
pineapple | 鳳梨/菠蘿 | 凤梨/菠萝 | 菠蘿, 鳳梨(only in 鳳梨酥) | 菠蘿 | 黃梨 | 黃梨 | 鳳梨, 黄梨(in Hakka language), 菠蘿(in 菠蘿包) |
lorry/truck | 卡車(large truck);貨車 (small truck) | 卡车(large truck) | 貨車, 貨櫃車(cargo container truck) | 貨車, 貨櫃車(cargo container truck) | 羅里 | 罗里 | 貨車, 貨櫃車(cargo container truck)[1] |
tights/pantyhose[2] | 褲襪/連褲襪 | 裤袜/连裤袜 | 襪褲 | 襪褲 | 褲襪 | 裤袜 | 褲襪 |
lunch box/bento[2] | 盒飯 | 盒饭 | 飯盒 | 飯盒 | 便當 | 盒饭 | 便當, 飯盒[3] |
butter | 黃油 | 黃油 | 牛油 | 牛油 | 牛油 | 牛油 | 奶油 |
air-conditioner | 空調 | 空调 | 冷氣機 | 冷氣機 | 冷氣機 | 冷气机 | 冷氣機 |
paperclip | 迴形針/迴紋針 | 迴形针/回纹针 | 萬字夾 | 萬字夾 | 迴形針 | 回形针 | 迴紋針 |
rock paper scissors | 石頭剪子布 | 石头剪子布 | 包剪揼 | 包剪揼 | 剪刀石頭布 | 剪刀石头布 | 剪刀石頭布 |
plastic bag | 袋子 | 袋子 | 膠袋 | 膠袋 | 塑膠袋 | 塑料袋 | 塑膠袋 |
wet market | 商場 | 商场 | 商場 | 商場 | 巴剎 | 巴刹 | 商場 |
See also[]
- Regional variants of the Mandarin language
- Regional variants of the Cantonese
- Guangzhou Cantonese
- Hong Kong Cantonese
- Regional variants of the English language
- American and British English differences
- American English
- British English
- English English
- Australian English
- British and Malaysian English differences
- American and British English differences
- Regional differences in the Dutch language
- Regional differences in the French language
- Swiss French >> Differences between Swiss French and standard French
- Regional differences in the Korean language
- North-South differences in the Korean language
- Regional differences in the Portuguese language
- Portuguese dialects >> Differences
- Differences between Malay language(Bahasa Melayu) and Indonesian language(Bahasa Indonesia)
- Comparison of Standard Malay and Indonesian
- Regional Variants of Serbo-croatian
- Differences between Chechen Language and Ingush language
References[]
- ^ 貨車追撞貨櫃車 1乘客當場慘死
- ^ Jump up to: a b 港人光大倒裝 詞彙自成一格 Archived 2013-02-09 at archive.today
- ^ 「熱米飯帶著走」 韓式飯盒進攻台灣
External links[]
Categories:
- Chinese language by country
- Language comparison
- Varieties and styles by language
- Language comparison between countries