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 and some parts of Thailand. However, the language shows a high degree of regional variation among these territories.
Linguistic differences
In many cases, those in China, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan use different words for the same meaning.[citation needed]
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]
Meaning | China | Hong Kong | Macau | Malaysia / Singapore | Taiwan | ||
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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 | 出租车 | 的士 | 的士 | 德士 | 德士 | 計程車 |
police | 公安/警察 | 公安/警察 | 差人/警察 | 差人/治安警/司警 | 警察/警衞 | 警察/警卫 | 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 | 激光 | 鐳射/激光 | 鐳射/激光 | 激光 | 激光 | 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 | 轻轨 | 輕鐵 | 輕軌 | 輕軌 | 轻轨 | 輕軌 |
instant noodles | 方便麵 | 方便面 | 即食麵 | 即食麵 | 快熟麵 | 快熟面 | 泡麵 |
Standard Chinese | 普通話 | 普通话 | 國語/普通話 | 國語 | 華語 | 华语 | 國語 |
potato | 土豆 | 土豆 | 薯仔 | 薯仔 | 馬鈴薯 | 马铃薯 | 馬鈴薯 |
pineapple | 鳳梨/菠蘿 | 鳳梨/菠萝 | 菠蘿 | 菠蘿 | 黃梨 | 黃梨 | 鳳梨 |
lorry/truck | 卡車(large truck);貨車 (small truck) | 卡车(large truck) | 貨櫃車 | 貨櫃車 | 羅里 | 罗里 | 貨車 |
tights/pantyhose[1] | 褲襪/連褲襪 | 褲襪/连裤袜 | 襪褲 | 襪褲 | 褲襪 | 裤袜 | 褲襪 |
lunch box/bento[1] | 盒飯 | 盒饭 | 飯盒 | 飯盒 | 便當 | 盒饭 | 便當 |
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/迴紋針 | 萬字夾 | 萬字夾 | 迴形針 | 迴形针 | 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 | 紙袋 | 纸袋 | 塑料袋 |
See also
- Regional variants of the Chinese language
- Regional differences in the English language
- Regional differences in the Dutch language
- Regional differences in the French language
- Regional differences in the Korean language
- Regional differences in the Portuguese language
- Differences between Malay language(Bahasa Melayu) and Indonesian language(Bahasa Indonesia)
- Differences between Czech Language and Slovakian language
- Regional Variants of Serbo-croatian
- Differences between Chechen Language and Ingush language
- Comparison of Ukrainian and other Slavic languages
References
- ^ a b 港人光大倒裝 詞彙自成一格 Archived 2013-02-09 at archive.today