Putonghua

Putonghua

See also: putonghua, pǔtōnghuà, and Pǔtōnghuà

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 普通話／普通话 (pǔtōnghuà) (literally common speech).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpuːtɔːŋˈhwɑː/

Proper noun

Putonghua

1. Standard Mandarin, the official language of the People's Republic of China; the common national speech of the Han nationality using Beijing pronunciation as the standard pronunciation, Beijing speech as the basic dialect, and the model writing of the modern vernacular prose as the norm for grammar.

Translations

the official language of the People's Republic of China — See also translations at Mandarin

Chinese: Cantonese: 普通話, 普通话 (pou2 tung1 waa6-2) Mandarin: 普通話 (zh), 普通话 (zh) (pǔtōnghuà) Wu: 普通閒話, 普通闲话 (phu thon hhe hho) French: putonghua (fr) m Japanese: 普通話 (ja) (ふつうわ, futsūwa), 北京語 (ja) (ペキンご, pekingo)

Korean: 보통화 (botonghwa) (普通話) Russian: путунхуа́ (ru) m (putunxuá) Uyghur: پۇتۇڭخۇا‎ (putungxua), ئورتاق تىل‎ (ortaq til) Vietnamese: tiếng Phổ thông (tiếng (vi) + 普通), phổ thông thoại Zhuang: bujdunghva