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普通话 (pǔ tōng huà) – Mandarin (common language)

pǔ tōng huà

Mandarin (common language)

HSK 3Traditional: 普通話2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1Mandarin (common language)
  2. 2Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language)
  3. 3ordinary speech

Simplified & traditional

普通话

Simplified

普通話

Traditional

Example sentences

See 普通话 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 你会讲普通话吗？

    nǐ huì jiǎng pǔ tōng huà ma ？

    Can you speak Mandarin?

  • 您会讲普通话吗？

    nín huì jiǎng pǔ tōng huà ma ？

    Can you speak Mandarin?

Related words

话

huà

dialect

通

tōng

to go through

说话

shuō huà

to speak

对话

duì huà

to talk (with sb)

交通

jiāo tōng

to be connected

普遍

pǔ biàn

universal

通过

tōng guò

to pass through

通知

tōng zhī

to notify

笑话

xiào hua

joke

废话

fèi huà

nonsense

沟通

gōu tōng

to join

话题

huà tí

subject (of a talk or conversation)

Appears in

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