(pǔ tōng huà) - Mandarin, standard Chinese in Mandarin

pǔtōnghuà

Traditional: 普通話

HSK 3

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Mandarin, standard Chinese

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普

通

话

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He speaks Mandarin very well.

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I am learning Mandarin.

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Please speak Mandarin.

普通话 (pǔtōnghuà) is the official name for standard Mandarin, literally the common speech. It is what schools teach in mainland China and what the site's pinyin describes. In Taiwan the same language is called 国语 (guóyǔ) and in Singapore 华语 (huáyǔ).

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