A Comparable Corpus-Based Study of Cross-Strait Varieties: The Case of 注意 Zhùyì and 專心 Zhuānxīn

Chinese Word Sketch (CWS) provides a tool to identify the semantic distinctions of near synonyms in natural language use situation. This study has case 注 意 Zhùyì and 專 心 Zhuānxīn, with Gigaword_CNA Gigaword_XIN, two main sub-corpora CWS, as corpora for research. Based on comparison senses part speech (POS) from Net dictionaries, it is found that there are some disagreements POS between ones prescribed by dictionary actual use. What more, similarities differences have been revealed based common only patterns sub-corpora. The aims reveal variations keywords Taiwan Mandarin Mainland Mandarin, which will contribute revision facilitate better understanding cross-strait communication.