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CHINESE WORD

pǔ tōng huà

普通话

Mandarin (common language)

HSK 2
Numbered pinyin
pu3 tong1 hua4
English meanings
Mandarin (common language), Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language), ordinary speech

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    tā他shuō说pǔtōnghuà普通话。

    He speaks Mandarin.

  2. 02

    pǔtōnghuà普通话shì是Zhōngguó中国de的biāozhǔn标准yǔ语。

    Mandarin is China's standard language.

  3. 03

    xué学hǎo好pǔtōnghuà普通话。

    Learn Mandarin well.

  4. 04

    tā他de的pǔtōnghuà普通话hěn很biāozhǔn标准。

    His Mandarin is standard.

  5. 05

    yòng用pǔtōnghuà普通话jiāoliú交流。

    Communicate in Mandarin.

  6. 06

    lǎoshī老师jiǎng讲pǔtōnghuà普通话。

    The teacher speaks Mandarin.

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