putonghua

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Putonghua^¹

/ˌpuːtɒŋˈhwɑː/ UK
/ˌputɔŋˈhwɑ/ US
/ˌputɑŋˈhwɑ/ cot caught merger

Where it comes from

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 普通話／普通话 (Pǔtōnghuà, literally “common speech”).

proper noun p'u-t'ung-hua

Standard Mandarin, the official language of the People's Republic of China; the state-designated national speech of the Han nationality using Beijing pronunciation as the standard pronunciation, Beijing speech as the basic dialect, and the model writing of the modern vernacular prose as the norm for grammar. As a mainland China national, the counter for our trial was fluent in English, Putonghua, and the Sichuan dialect, and was familiar with a number of other major Chinese languages such as Cantonese and Hakka.
Similar: Standard Mandarin

putonghua^²

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Putonghua

Translations

Every language

name the official language of the People's Republic of China — see also Mandarin

한국어	보통화 botonghwa
日本語	普通話 futsūwa, 北京語 pekingo
中文	普通話 /普通话 pǔtōnghuà
Français	putonghua
Deutsch	Hochchinesisch
Русский	путунхуа́ putunxuá
Tiếng Việt	phổ thông thoại

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@misc{putonghua_2026,
  title = {putonghua},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/putonghua},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}