p'u-t'ung-hua

A form of putonghua — Standard Mandarin, the official language of the People's Republic of China; the state-designated 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.

OriginMandarin 普通話 /普通话 →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Putonghua.

Origin

  1. Mandarin普通話 /普通话
  2. Englishp'u-t'ung-hua

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

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p'u-t'ung-hua. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/p'u-t'ung-hua

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