普通話

See also: 普通话

Chinese

		ordinary; plain; average ordinary; plain; average; nothing special; general; common; universal; widespread	spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
trad. (普通話)		普通	話
simp. (普通话)		普通	话

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): pǔtōnghuà
(Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˇ ㄊㄨㄥㄏㄨㄚˋ
(Chengdu, SP): pu³ tong¹ hua⁴
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): pou² tung¹ waa^6-2
(Taishan, Wiktionary): pu² huung¹ va^5*
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phû-thûng-fa
Min Dong (BUC): pū-tŭng-uâ
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): phó͘-thong-ōe / phó͘-thong-ōa
(Teochew, Peng'im): pou² tong¹ uê⁷
Wu (Wiktionary): phu thon hho (T2)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pǔtōnghuà
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˇ ㄊㄨㄥㄏㄨㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pǔtonghuà
  - Wade–Giles: pʻu³-tʻung¹-hua⁴
  - Yale: pǔ-tūng-hwà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: puutonghuah
  - Palladius: путунхуа (putunxua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ xwä⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: pu³ tong¹ hua⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: putungxua
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu⁵³ tʰoŋ⁵⁵ xua²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: pou² tung¹ waa^6-2
  - Yale: póu tūng wá
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pou² tung¹ waa^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: pou² tung¹ wa^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰou̯³⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ waː²²⁻³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: pu² huung¹ va^5*
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu⁵⁵ hɵŋ³³ va³²⁻³²⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phû-thûng-fa
  - Hakka Romanization System: pu´ tung´ fa
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pu¹ tung¹ fa⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰu²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ fa⁵⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: pū-tŭng-uâ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu³³⁻²¹ ^(tʰ-)luŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(Ø-)ŋuɑ²⁴²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phó͘-thong-ōe
  - Tâi-lô: phóo-thong-uē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phoftong'oe
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰɔŋ³³ ue⁴¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ue³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ue²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ue³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phó͘-thong-ōa
  - Tâi-lô: phóo-thong-uā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phoftong'oa
  - IPA (Penang): /pʰɔ⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ tʰɔŋ³³⁻²¹ ua²¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ua²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: pou² tong¹ uê⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phóu thong uē
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰou⁵²⁻³⁵ tʰoŋ³³⁻²³ ue¹¹/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: phu thon hho (T2)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰv̩ʷ³³ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ɦo²¹/

Noun

普通話

common language
(chiefly Mainland China, recently in Hong Kong) Standard Mandarin Chinese; standard Chinese
標準的普通話／标准的普通话 ― biāozhǔn de pǔtōnghuà ― standard Mandarin
你會說普通話嗎？／你会说普通话吗？ ― Nǐ huì shuō pǔtōnghuà ma? ― Can you speak Mandarin?
他在家說方言，在學校說普通話。 [MSC, trad.]
他在家说方言，在学校说普通话。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā zài jiā shuō fāngyán, zài xuéxiào shuō pǔtōnghuà. [Pinyin]
He speaks the local dialect at home and Standard Mandarin at school.
- 推廣「普通話」；逐步採用拼音文字。 [MSC, trad.]
  推广“普通话”；逐步采用拼音文字。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1957 July, Chou You-Kuang "Chinese gets a Latin alphabet" in The UNESCO Courier p. 19
  Tuīguǎng “pǔtōnghuà”; zhúbù cǎiyòng pīnyīn wénzì. [Pinyin]
  Popularize the "common speech"; gradually begin using the phonetic alphabet.
(usually in contrast with 國語／国语 (guóyǔ, “Taiwanese Mandarin”)) mainland Chinese Mandarin; Putonghua

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 普通話 (“Modern Standard Chinese; Putonghua”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Mandarin	Taiwan	國語, 華語, 中文
	Guilin	普通話
	Malaysia	華語, 華文
	Singapore	華語, 華文
	Oudomxay	中國話
	Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)	中國話
Cantonese	Guangzhou	普通話, 普語
	Hong Kong	國語, 普通話
	Macau	普通話
	Nanning	普通話
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	華語
	Singapore (Guangfu)	華語
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	普通話, 國語 dated
Gan	Nanchang	國語 dated
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	華語
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	華語
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	華語
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	華語
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	華語
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	華語
Min Dong	Fuzhou	普通話, 國語 dated
Min Dong	Manjung (Gutian)	華文
Min Nan	Xiamen	普通話, 國語 dated
	Quanzhou	普通話
	Jinjiang	國語
	Zhangzhou	普通話
	Tainan	華語, 國語 GT
	Penang (Hokkien)	華語, 唐儂話
	Singapore (Hokkien)	華語, 唐儂話
	Manila (Hokkien)	國語, 華語, 普通話
	Chaozhou	普通話
	Shantou	普通話
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	普通話
	Singapore (Teochew)	華語, 唐儂話
Wu	Shanghai	普通閒話
	Suzhou	普通閒話
	Ningbo	普通閒話
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (not particular region identified)

Hypernyms

官話／官话 (guānhuà), 北方話／北方话 (běifānghuà): Guanhua, a group of Northern Chinese dialects including Putonghua

Hyponyms

南普 (nánpǔ)
地普
地瓜腔 (dìguāqiāng)
塑普 (sùpǔ)
川普 (Chuānpǔ)
港普 (gǎngpǔ)
潮普
煲冬瓜 (bāodōngguā)

塑料普通話／塑料普通话 (sùliào pǔtōnghuà)
夾壯／夹壮 (jiāzhuàng)
廣普／广普 (guǎngpǔ)
彎管子普通話／弯管子普通话 (wānguǎnzi pǔtōnghuà)
椒鹽普通話／椒盐普通话
滬普／沪普
閩普／闽普 (mǐnpǔ)
靈橋牌普通話／灵桥牌普通话

Derived terms

塑料普通話／塑料普通话 (sùliào pǔtōnghuà)
彎管子普通話／弯管子普通话 (wānguǎnzi pǔtōnghuà)
普通話水平測試／普通话水平测试 (Pǔtōnghuà Shuǐpíng Cèshì)

椒鹽普通話／椒盐普通话
靈橋牌普通話／灵桥牌普通话

Related terms

漢語／汉语 (Hànyǔ)
國語／国语 (guóyǔ)
中國話／中国话 (zhōngguóhuà)
中文 (zhōngwén)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (普通話):

→ Japanese: 普(ふ)通(つう)話(わ) (futsūwa)
→ Korean: 보통화(普通話) (botonghwa)
→ Vietnamese: phổ thông thoại (普通話)

→ English: p'u-t'ung-hua, Putonghua

Japanese

Kanji in this term
普	通	話
ふ Grade: S	つう Grade: 2	わ Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

On’yomi

IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨᵝːɰᵝa̠]

Noun

普(ふ)通(つう)話(わ) • (futsūwa)

(uncommon, scholarly) Putonghua; Standard Mandarin

Synonyms

北京語(ペキンご) (pekingo, literally “Pekingese”), 中国語(ちゅうごくご) (chūgokugo, literally “Chinese”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
普	通	話

Noun

普通話 • (botonghwa) (hangeul 보통화)

Hanja form^? of 보통화 (“Mandarin, Putonghua”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
普	通	話

Noun

普通話

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