"Putonghua" meaning in English

See Putonghua in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /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”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{zh-l|普通話|lit=common speech|tr=Pǔtōnghuà}} 普通話/普通话 (Pǔtōnghuà, literally “common speech”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Putonghua
  1. 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. Wikipedia link: Putonghua Categories (topical): Languages Synonyms (from Wade-Giles): p'u-t'ung-hua Translations (the official language of the People's Republic of China — see also Mandarin): 普通話 (Chinese Cantonese), 普通话 (alt: pou² tung¹ waa⁶⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), 普通話 (Chinese Mandarin), 普通话 (pǔtōnghuà) (Chinese Mandarin), putonghua [masculine] (French), Hochchinesisch [neuter] (German), 普通話 (futsūwa) (alt: ふつうわ) (Japanese), 北京語 (pekingo) (alt: ペキンご) (Japanese), 보통화 (botonghwa) (alt: 普通話) (Korean), путунхуа́ (putunxuá) [masculine] (Russian), پۇتۇڭخۇا (putungxua) (Uyghur), ئورتاق تىل (ortaq til) (Uyghur), دۆلەت تىلى (dölet tili) (Uyghur), phổ thông thoại (alt: 普通話) (Vietnamese), 普通閒話 (Wu Chinese), 普通闲话 (Wu Chinese), bujdunghva (Zhuang)

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