普通話 (pou2 tung1 waa6*2 | pu3 tong1 hua4) : putonghua

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普通話

pou2 tung1 waa6*2

pu3 tong1 hua4

putonghua; China's national language; standard Chinese pronunciation; Mandarin; [lit] common speech

synonyms: (Taiwan) 國語 (Mandarin), (Singapore) 華語, (archaic) 官話

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 2,650,000

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

普通話 / 普通话

This word has been viewed 4775 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 5th Aug 2004 08:02 and last edited on 28th Apr 2009 23:53

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Characters in this word:

普 pou2 - universal, general
通 tung1 - through; notify; general; know
話 waa6 waa2 - word; talk; speak; language

1 compounds containing this word:

國家普通話水平考試 - National Proficiency Test of Putonghua

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我能說一點普通話國
I can speak a little bit of Mandarin.

我覺得普通話嘅兒化好惡聽粵
I think that erhua in Mandarin sounds horrible.
[Lit. I feel Putonghua [possessive particle] erhua very terrible-listen]

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Decimal representation of this word: 普通話

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