普通話

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See also: 普通话

Chinese

spoken words; speech; dialect
spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
 
trad. (普通話) 普通
simp. (普通话) 普通
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Etymology

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The term appeared in Chinese and Japanese publications the second half of the 19th century. The connotation “national language” probably originated under Japanese influence. It has been in official use in the People’s Republic of China since the mid-1950s.

Pronunciation


Noun

普通話

  1. common language
  2. (chiefly Mainland China, recently in Hong Kong) Standard Mandarin Chinese; Standard Chinese
    標準普通話标准普通话  ―  biāozhǔn de pǔtōnghuà  ―  standard Mandarin
    普通話 [MSC, trad.]
    普通话 [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ huì shuō pǔtōnghuà ma?
    Can you speak Mandarin?
    方言學校普通話 [MSC, trad.]
    方言学校普通话 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā zài jiā shuō fāngyán, zài xuéxiào shuō pǔtōnghuà.
    He speaks the local dialect at home and Standard Mandarin at school.
  3. (usually in contrast with 國語国语 (guóyǔ, “Taiwanese Mandarin”)) mainland Chinese Mandarin; Putonghua

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Sino-Xenic (普通話):
  • English: p'u-t'ung-hua, Putonghua
  • Japanese

    Kanji in this term

    Grade: S
    つう
    Grade: 2

    Grade: 2
    goon kan'yōon
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    Etymology

    From Chinese 普通話普通话 (pǔtōnghuà, literally “common speech”).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    ()(つう)() (futsūwa

    1. (uncommon, scholarly) Putonghua; Standard Mandarin

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    Korean

    Hanja in this term

    Noun

    普通話 (botonghwa) (hangeul 보통화)

    1. hanja form? of 보통화 (Mandarin, Putonghua)

    Vietnamese

    chữ Hán Nôm in this term

    Noun

    普通話

    1. chữ Hán form of phổ thông thoại (Mandarin, Putonghua).