noun, Mainland-China, in Hong Kong, recently
Standard Mandarin Chinese; standard Chinese
標準的普通話/标准的普通话
标准的普通话/标准的普通话
biāo zhǔn de pǔ tōng huà standard Mandarin
你會說普通話嗎?
你会说普通话吗?
nǐ huì shuō pǔ tōng huà ma ? Can you speak Mandarin?
他在家説方言,在學校説普通話。
他在家说方言,在学校说普通话。
tā zài jiā shuō fāng yán , zài xué xiào shuō pǔ tōng huà . He speaks the local dialect at home and Standard Mandarin at school.
推廣“普通話”;逐步採用拼音文字。
推广“普通话”;逐步采用拼音文字。
tuī guǎng “ pǔ tōng huà ” ; zhú bù cǎi yòng pīn yīn wén zì . Popularize the "common speech"; gradually begin using the phonetic alphabet.
noun
(usually in contrast with 國語/国语 (guóyǔ, “Taiwanese Mandarin”)) mainland Chinese Mandarin; Putonghua
noun
common language
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
(沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Definitions (HSK3.0)
HSK3 二级词汇表 #425
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
Mandarin
这不是普通话,而是上海话。
這不是普通話,而是上海話。
zhè bu shì pǔ tōng huà , ér shì shàng hǎi huà 。
This isn't Mandarin, it's Shanghainese.
Mandarin
他不但会说普通话,而且会说上海话。
他不但會説普通話,而且會説上海話。
tā bù dàn huì shuō pǔ tōng huà , ér qiě huì shuō shàng hǎi huà 。
Not only can he speak Mandarin, but Shanghainese as well.
It would seem that the Chinese can't restrain themselves from speaking English with me, even though they know that I speak Chinese and that I'm not English.