普通話

See also: 普通话

Chinese

		ordinary; plain; average ordinary; plain; average; nothing special; common; universal; widespread	spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
trad. (普通話)		普通	話
simp. (普通话)		普通	话

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pǔtōnghuà

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˇ ㄊㄨㄥㄏㄨㄚˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): pou² tung¹ waa^6-2

(Taishan, Wiktionary): pu² huung¹ va^5*
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phû-thûng-fa
Min Dong (BUC): pū-tŭng-uâ
Min Nan (POJ): phó͘-thong-ōe / phó͘-thong-ōa
Wu (Wiktionary): phu thon hho (T2)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: pǔtōnghuà
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˇ ㄊㄨㄥㄏㄨㄚˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: puutonghuah
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ xu̯a̠⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: pou² tung¹ waa^6-2
  - Yale: póu tūng wá
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pou² tung¹ waa^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: pou² tung¹ wa²
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰou̯³⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ wɑː²²⁻³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: pu² huung¹ va^5*
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰu⁵⁵ hɵŋ³³ va³²⁻³²⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phû-thûng-fa
  - Hakka Romanization System: pu´ tung´ fa
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pu¹ tung¹ fa⁴
  - IPA: /pʰu²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ fa⁵⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: pū-tŭng-uâ
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰu³³⁻²¹ ^(tʰ-)luŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(Ø-)ŋuɑ²⁴²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phó͘-thong-ōe
  - Tâi-lô: phóo-thong-uē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phoftong'oe
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰɔŋ³³ ue⁴¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ue³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ue²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ue³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phó͘-thong-ōa
  - Tâi-lô: phóo-thong-uā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phoftong'oa
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ua²²/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: phu thon hho (T2)
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰv̩ʷ³³ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ɦo²¹/

Noun

普通話

common language
(chiefly Mainland China, recently in Hong Kong) Standard Mandarin Chinese; standard Chinese
標準的普通話 / 标准的普通话 ― biāozhǔn de pǔtōnghuà ― standard Mandarin

你會說普通話嗎？ / 你会说普通话吗？ ― Nǐ huì shuō pǔtōnghuà ma? ― Can you speak Mandarin?
(usually in contrast with 國語) mainland Chinese Mandarin; Putonghua

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 普通話 (“Modern Standard Chinese; Putonghua”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		普通話
Mandarin	Beijing	普通話
	Taiwan	國語、華語
	Malaysia	華語
	Singapore	華語
Cantonese	Guangzhou	普通話、普語
	Hong Kong	國語、普通話
	Nanning	普通話
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	華語
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	華語
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	華語
	Dongshi (Dabu)	華語
	Zhuolan (Raoping)	華語
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	華語
Min Dong	Fuzhou	普通話
Min Nan	Xiamen	普通話
	Quanzhou	普通話
	Zhangzhou	普通話
	Taipei	國語、華語
	Penang	華語
	Singapore	華語
	Philippines (Manila)	華語、國語、普通話
Wu	Shanghai	普通閒話
Wu	Suzhou	普通閒話

Hypernyms

官話／官话 (guānhuà), 北方話／北方话 (běifānghuà): Guanhua, a group of Northern Chinese dialects including Putonghua

Derived terms

普通話水平測試／普通话水平测试 (pǔtōnghuà shuǐpíng cèshì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
普	通	話
ふ Grade: S	つう Grade: 2	わ Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From Mandarin 普通話／普通话 (pǔtōnghuà, “common speech”).

Noun

普通話 (hiragana ふつうわ, rōmaji futsūwa, alternative reading プートンファ, rōmaji pūtonfa, alternative reading プートンホワ, rōmaji pūtonhowa)

The Mandarin Chinese language, Putonghua

Usage notes

This official term is a borrowing from Mandarin, but is not often used in speech as it sounds like 普通は (futsū wa, “normally, usually”). Consequently, 北京語 (pekingo) is more commonly used instead, which also has the meaning of “Beijing language/dialect”. Alternatively, approximations of Mandarin pronunciations are used, e.g. プートンファ (pūtonfa) or プートンホワ (pūtonhowa).

Synonyms

北京語 (ペキンご) (pekingo)

Korean

Hanja in this term
普	通	話

Noun

普通話 • (botonghwa) (hangeul 보통화)

Hanja form^? of 보통화 (“Mandarin, Putonghua”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
普	通	話

Noun

普通話

Hán tự form of phổ thông thoại, “Mandarin, Putonghua”

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