Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

p'u-t'ung-hua

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.56 in modern English

Syllables
p'u-t'ung-hua
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

  • Root: 普通話, -

Questions

What does p'u-t'ung-hua mean?
Alternative form of Putonghua.
Where does p'u-t'ung-hua come from?
From Mandarin 普通話 /普通话 (pǔtōnghuà) Wade–Giles romanization: pʻu³-tʻung¹-hua⁴.

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