pu3
tong1
hua4
  1. Mandarin (common language)
  2. Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language)
  3. ordinary speech

Characters

  • 普 (普): general; popular; everywhere; universal
  • 通 (通): to go through; to know well; (suffix) expert; to connect; to communicate; open; to clear; classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc
  • 话 (話): dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said; CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]

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Examples

这不是普通话,而是上海话。

他不但会说普通话,而且会说上海话。

你会讲普通话吗?

上海人讲上海话;上海人也都会讲普通话。

中国人尽管知道我会讲普通话还知道我不是英国人,好象还是不得不跟我说英语。

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