<p>Only people in china will uses 鼠标, Taiwan and Hong Kong are common uses 滑鼠.</p>

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2015-07-05T14:28:24.537Z
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Mr Takeaway
<p>They both refer to the physical mouse device. Which translation to use depends on where you are using the term. In Mainland China 鼠标 is used whereas in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and other places 滑鼠 is more preferred. </p>

<p>Reference: <a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%BC%A0%E6%A0%87">維基百科</a></p>

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2015-07-10T17:55:48.453Z
Do these terms also refer to the mouse cursor? Thanks.
Yoav Vollansky
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2015-07-11T08:54:06.977Z
"Mouse cursor" in Hong Kong and Taiwan usually is translated as 滑鼠游標. In Mainland China as 鼠標光標. I could imagine in Hong Kong/Taiwan 滑鼠游標 could be abbreviated as 鼠標 and people could understand.
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leo4jc
<p>I've seen both 滑鼠 (huá shŭ) and 鼠标 (shŭ biāo) used as translations for "computer mouse". Are there differences in meaning, and which is more commonly used?</p>

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2015-07-01T16:05:57.747Z
They both refer to the physical mouse device. Which translation to use depends on where you are using the term. In Mainland China 鼠标 is used whereas in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and other places 滑鼠 is more prefered. https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%BC%A0%E6%A0%87
leo4jc
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Differences between 滑鼠 (huá shŭ) and 鼠标 (shŭ biāo)
# Differences between 滑鼠 (huá shŭ) and 鼠标 (shŭ biāo)

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-07-01)

I've seen both 滑鼠 (huá shŭ) and 鼠标 (shŭ biāo) used as translations for "computer mouse". Are there differences in meaning, and which is more commonly used?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: They both refer to the physical mouse device. Which translation to use depends on where you are using the term. In Mainland China 鼠标 is used whereas in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and other places 滑鼠 is more prefered. https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%BC%A0%E6%A0%87  

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### Answer by username_1 on 2015-07-01. Score: 5 | Accepted answer

They both refer to the physical mouse device. Which translation to use depends on where you are using the term. In Mainland China 鼠标 is used whereas in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and other places 滑鼠 is more preferred.

Reference: [維基百科](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%BC%A0%E6%A0%87)

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: Do these terms also refer to the mouse cursor? Thanks.  
> **username_1**: "Mouse cursor" in Hong Kong and Taiwan usually is translated as 滑鼠游標. In Mainland China as 鼠標光標. I could imagine in Hong Kong/Taiwan 滑鼠游標 could be abbreviated as 鼠標 and people could understand.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2015-07-05. Score: 1

Only people in china will uses 鼠标, Taiwan and Hong Kong are common uses 滑鼠.


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