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putonghua

/ˌputɔŋˈhwɑ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.58 in modern English

Syllables
pu-tonghua
IPA
/ˌputɔŋˈhwɑ/
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Putonghua.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 普通話／普通话 (Pǔtōnghuà, literally “common speech”).

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌputɔŋˈhwɑ/
  • British English: /ˌpuːtɒŋˈhwɑː/

Inflected Forms

p'u-t'ung-hua (alternative)

Synonyms

Standarin Standard Mandarin

Questions

How do you pronounce putonghua?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌputɔŋˈhwɑ/.
What does putonghua mean?
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.
Where does putonghua come from?
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 普通話／普通话 (Pǔtōnghuà, literally “common speech”).

How to pronounce putonghua

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