VocabularyHSK 3 · core

普通话

pǔtōnghuà

Mandarin Chinese

Part of speech · noun

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Examples

  1. 我说普通话。
    I speak Mandarin.
  2. 请说普通话。
    Please speak Mandarin.

Collocations

说普通话普通话考试标准普通话

Mnemonic

普通话 pǔtōnghuà "Mandarin (standard Chinese)" — 普通 (common) + 话 (speech). Mainland China's name. Taiwan uses 国语 guóyǔ; overseas Chinese use 华语 huáyǔ. Same Mandarin, regional labels.

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  1. Taiwan name for Mandarin?

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