Putonghua

//ˌputɔŋˈhwɑ//

"Putonghua" in a Sentence (3 examples)

I can speak Standard Chinese (Putonghua), Southwestern Mandarin, Wu Chinese, and Spanish.

"Putonghua" and "Beijinghua" are not the same.

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.

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