pǔ tōng huà
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Chinese dictionary
Show pinyin

  • n.putonghua; common speech (of the Chinese language); mandarin; standard Chinese pronunciation

    • tā pǔ tōng huà shuō de hěn biāo zhǔn

      普通话标准

      He speaks mandarin quite correctly.

    • wǒ men yào dà lì tuī guǎng pǔ tōng huà

      我们大力推广普通话

      We must vigorously promote Mandarin.

    • tā shuō zhe yī kǒu chún zhèng liú lì de pǔ tōng huà

      纯正流利普通话

      He speaks pure and fluent Mandarin.

Word usage

  • "普通话" is often matched with measure word "句".
    • 普通话

      one sentence in Mandarin