- Mandarin (common language)
- Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language)
- 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]
Resources
- Wiktionary: 普通话
- MDBG: 普通话
- Examples with 普通话 on Tatoeba
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。