普通话
pǔ tōng huàㄆㄨˇ ㄊㄨㄥ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
Sino-Vietnamese: PHỔ THÔNG THOẠI
Traditional: 普通話
HSK 3HSK 3.0 · 4TOCFL 4
Meaning(noun)
Mandarin (common language); Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language); ordinary speech
Called 国语 in Taiwan and 华语 in Singapore.
Examples
你的普通话说得真好。
nǐ de pǔ tōng huà shuō dé zhēn hǎo.
Your Mandarin is really good.
在中国，学校上课都用普通话。
zài zhōng guó, xué xiào shàng kè dōu yòng pǔ tōng huà.
In China, schools teach in Mandarin.
他会说广东话，也会说普通话。
tā huì shuō guǎng dōng huà, yě huì shuō pǔ tōng huà.
He speaks Cantonese and Mandarin too.
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Stroke order
PHỔ · 12 strokes
THÔNG · 10 strokes
to go through; to know well; (suffix) expert; to connect; to communicate; open; to clear; classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc
THOẠI · 8 strokes
dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said