Etymology

p'u-t'ung-hua

Mandarin 普通話 /普通话
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  1. Mandarin · borrowed from普通話 /普通话
  2. English todayp'u-t'ung-hua

From Mandarin 普通話 /普通话 (pǔtōnghuà) Wade–Giles romanization: pʻu³-tʻung¹-hua⁴.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.