Differences in Commonly Used Terms (Mandarin), in Taiwan and China Options

[caolucai]

台灣 (Taiwan) / 中国大陆 (China)

software: 軟體 / 软件

drive: 開車 / 驾车

study: 讀書 / 学习

trash: 垃圾 (le4se4) / 垃圾 (la1ji1)

Bush: 布希 / 布什

Mandarin: 國語 / 普通话

these are the ones i thought of off the top of my head

i'm sure there are more, please feel free to add more

This post has been edited by caolucai: Nov 9 2004, 10:07 PM

[直隸總督]

Taxi 計程車/出租車
Cable 寬頻/寬帶

[Archangel-X]

Roundabout: 圓環/轉盤
Turn (a car left/right) : 左轉, 右轉/ 左拐, 右拐

Calculator: 計算機/計算器
Eraser: 橡皮擦/橡皮
Pencil sharpener: 削鉛筆機/捲筆刀
Rubber band: 橡皮筋/牛皮筋
Spoon (just a normal spoon): 湯匙/杓子
Can (eg. can of coke): 罐/听

Police: 警察/公安
Bus: 公車/公交 (wtf? 公交? 公共交通?)
Internet Cafe: 網咖/網吧
Hotel: 飯店/酒店
Air-conditioning: 冷氣, 暖氣/空調

Computer screen: 螢幕/屏幕
Computer mouse: 滑鼠/鼠標
Double-click: 按兩下/双击
Vermicelli (rice-noodles): 米粉/粉絲

New Zealand: 紐西蘭/新西蘭
New Orleans: 紐奧爾良/新奧爾良
New York: 紐約/紐約 (Can't you even stay consistent for god's sake?)

Australia: 澳洲/澳大利亞
France: 法(fa4)國/ 法 fa3)國

Kerry: 凱瑞/ 可里

Adidas: 艾迪達/阿迪達斯
Sony: 新力/索尼

Hmm I'll add more if I think of more..

[caolucai]

wow, pretty good, forgot about those. mainlanders must be populating nz; i just learned about 计算器 like last week

[Archangel-X]

Some more I thought of...

Sydney: 雪梨/悉尼
Chewing gum: 口香糖/口膠　(LOL)
Instant noodles: 泡麵/方便面
Bicycle: 腳踏車/自行車　(自行車 is not common in taiwan)
Supper: 宵夜/夜宵

Big Mac:　麥香堡/巨無霸
Filet O' Fish: 魚香堡/麥香魚
The Lord of the Rings: 魔戒(一,二,三部曲)/指環王
Gladiator: 神鬼戰士/角斗士
Beckham: 貝克漢/貝克漢姆
Seatbelt: 安全帶/保險帶　(are you thinking wat i'm thinking?..lol)

[caolucai]

i don't think mainlanders use 口膠 (funny cuz it sounds like 口交, which to us, means oral sex) anymore. i tried looking it up using mainland search engines, and it seems like we have assimilated them...they also use 口香糖 now

[xiaolin]

haha我纠正吧


台灣 (Taiwan) / 中国大陆 (China)
software: 軟體 / 软件
drive: 開車 / 驾车 开车(驾车好像也说，但我不知道该在什么场合)
study: 讀書 / 学习 读书，学习（侧重点不同）
trash: 垃圾 (le4se4) / 垃圾 (la1ji1)
Bush: 布希 / 布什
Mandarin: 國語 / 普通话


Taxi 計程車/出租車
Cable 寬頻/寬帶(wokao,你连着都知道//佩服佩服)



Roundabout: 圓環/轉盤
Turn (a car left/right) : 左轉, 右轉/ 左拐, 右拐左拐，左转, 右拐，右转
Calculator: 計算機/計算器
Eraser: 橡皮擦/橡皮橡皮擦，橡皮
Pencil sharpener: 削鉛筆機/捲筆刀
Rubber band: 橡皮筋/牛皮筋橡皮筋，牛皮筋
Spoon (just a normal spoon): 湯匙/杓子汤勺
Can (eg. can of coke): 罐/听听，罐

Police: 警察/公安公安，警察
Bus: 公車/公交 (wtf? 公交? 公共交通?)公交，公共汽车
Internet Cafe: 網咖/網吧
Hotel: 飯店/酒店饭店，酒店太多了
Air-conditioning: 冷氣, 暖氣/空調

Computer screen: 螢幕/屏幕
Computer mouse: 滑鼠/鼠標
Double-click: 按兩下/双击
Vermicelli (rice-noodles): 米粉/粉絲米粉（吃火锅是常用的是粉丝）
New Zealand: 紐西蘭/新西蘭
New Orleans: 紐奧爾良/新奧爾良
New York: 紐約/紐約 (Can't you even stay consistent for god's sake?)

Australia: 澳洲/澳大利亞
France: 法(fa4)國/ 法 fa3)國

Kerry: 凱瑞/ 可里

Adidas: 艾迪達/阿迪達斯
Sony: 新力/索尼


Sydney: 雪梨/悉尼
Chewing gum: 口香糖/口膠　(LOL)口香糖（口膠是啥东东？从没听过，我都不认识膠这个字）
Instant noodles: 泡麵/方便面
Bicycle: 腳踏車/自行車　(自行車 is not common in taiwan)自行车，好像也有单车这一说法
Supper: 宵夜/夜宵

Big Mac:　麥香堡/巨無霸
Filet O' Fish: 魚香堡/麥香魚
The Lord of the Rings: 魔戒(一,二,三部曲)/指環王
Gladiator: 神鬼戰士/角斗士
Beckham: 貝克漢/貝克漢姆
Seatbelt: 安全帶/保險帶　(are you thinking wat i'm thinking?..lol)安全带（保險帶？从没听过）
有些新词我就不太清楚了

This post has been edited by xiaolin: Nov 10 2004, 12:39 PM

[vanillababu]

保險帶 －＞ 保險袋 哈哈

[xiaolin]

保險帶 －＞ 保險袋 哈哈

保險袋是啥意思，实在不明白有什么好笑的

[Chinese DesertFo...]

Some more I thought of...

Sydney:  雪梨/悉尼
Chewing gum:  口香糖/口膠　(LOL)
Instant noodles:  泡麵/方便面
Bicycle:  腳踏車/自行車　(自行車 is not common in taiwan)
Supper: 宵夜/夜宵

Big Mac:　麥香堡/巨無霸
Filet O' Fish:  魚香堡/麥香魚
The Lord of the Rings:  魔戒(一,二,三部曲)/指環王
Gladiator:  神鬼戰士/角斗士
Beckham: 貝克漢/貝克漢姆
Seatbelt:  安全帶/保險帶　(are you thinking wat i'm thinking?..lol)

Wrong on chewing gum, lord of the rings, and seatbelt.

This post has been edited by Chinese DesertFox: Nov 10 2004, 01:35 PM

[Archangel-X]

Like caolucai said, most Chinese people don't say 口胶 anymore - since it sounds the same as "oral sex".

指环王 is what the Chinese officially use for "The Lord of the Rings".

保险带 is what a taxi driver told me to put on when I got in the front seat.
I was like huh? put on the condom? (保险套)

[Chinese DesertFo...]

Like caolucai said, most Chinese people don't say 口胶 anymore - since it sounds the same as "oral sex".

指环王 is what the Chinese officially use for "The Lord of the Rings".

保险带 is what a taxi driver told me to put on when I got in the front seat.
I was like huh? put on the condom? (保险套)

I have never heard anybody use the term 口胶, ever.

From what I know, most people in the mainland of China call LOTR 魔戒.

I've lived in China most my life and I haven't heard 保险带either, 安全带 is the most banal.

[caolucai]

yeah, mainland chinese terms may vary from province to province

but i have seriously heard of 指环王, check out this 剧情简介 of LOTR from 上海影城
no biggie, just kinda amusing

just thought of another one...

microphone: 麥克風 / 话筒

[Chinese DesertFo...]

yeah, mainland chinese terms may vary from province to province

but i have seriously heard of 指环王, check out this 剧情简介 of LOTR from 上海影城
no biggie, just kinda amusing

just thought of another one...

microphone: 麥克風 / 话筒

When I took an Air China flight back to Beijing two months ago, the movie name was 魔戒第二部.

[直隸總督]

yeah, mainland chinese terms may vary from province to province

but i have seriously heard of 指环王, check out this 剧情简介 of LOTR from 上海影城
no biggie, just kinda amusing

just thought of another one...

microphone: 麥克風 / 话筒

When I took an Air China flight back to Beijing two months ago, the movie name was 魔戒第二部.

We shouldn't be surprised because the cultural exchanges between Mainland and Taiwan are frequent.

[Archangel-X]

China also uses 搞 a lot- LOL

搞衛生
把事情搞好
把事情搞定
搞建設
搞電腦

I barely hear anyone use 搞 in Taiwan.

[caolucai]

yeah, mainland chinese terms may vary from province to province

but i have seriously heard of 指环王, check out this 剧情简介 of LOTR from 上海影城
no biggie, just kinda amusing

just thought of another one...

microphone: 麥克風 / 话筒

When I took an Air China flight back to Beijing two months ago, the movie name was 魔戒第二部.

good good, assimilations/cultural exchanges are good

soon you guys will stop dubbing non-chinese movies
we used to do that too, up till the early 90s

[zstar]

Ah-ma

Ah-ba

yeah

[caolucai]

Ah-ma

Ah-ba 

yeah

你在讲什么？

[葉兆峰]

I can assure you, Guangdong, Hainan, and Xianggang uses 魔戒, Xiang Kou Jiao(Gum), 安全带.