Putonghua en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˌpuːtɒŋˈhwɑː/ (UK)
- /ˌputɔŋˈhwɑ/ (US)
- /ˌputɑŋˈhwɑ/ (cot-caught-merger)
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 普通話／普通话 (Pǔtōnghuà, literally “common speech”).
Meanings
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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.
As a mainland China national, the counter for our trial was fluent in English, Putonghua, and the Sichuan dialect, and was familiar with a number of other major Chinese languages such as Cantonese and Hakka.
2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 10:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| p'u-t'ung-hua | alternative | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (14)
ja 普通話 (the official language of the People's Republic of China — see also Mandarin) · ug ئورتاق تىل (the official language of the People's Republic of China — see also Mandarin) · cmn 普通話 /普通话 (the official language of the People's Republic of China — see also Mandarin) · de Hochchinesisch (the official language of the People's Republic of China — see also Mandarin) · ug پۇتۇڭخۇا (the official language of the People's Republic of China — see also Mandarin) · za bujdunghva (the official language of the People's Republic of China — see also Mandarin) · fr putonghua (the official language of the People's Republic of China — see also Mandarin) · yue 普通話 /普通话 (the official language of the People's Republic of China — see also Mandarin) · ug دۆلەت تىلى (the official language of the People's Republic of China — see also Mandarin) · ja 北京語 (the official language of the People's Republic of China — see also Mandarin) · vi phổ thông thoại (the official language of the People's Republic of China — see also Mandarin) · wuu 普通閒話 /普通闲话 (the official language of the People's Republic of China — see also Mandarin) · ko 보통화 (the official language of the People's Republic of China — see also Mandarin) · ru путунхуа́ (the official language of the People's Republic of China — see also Mandarin)