How to say “Putonghua” in Chinese
Putonghua, Standard Mandarin
“Putonghua” in Chinese is 普通话, pǔ tōng huà: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
普通话 is read pǔ tōng huà: 3 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
On the left, 辶 “walk”. Inside, 甬 — as in 痛 tòng and 桶 tǒng.
On the left, 讠 “speech”.
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “普通话”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 普通话. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 她的普通话很标准tādepǔtōnghuàhěnbiāozhǔnHer Putonghua is very standard.
- 你的普通话说得真标准！nǐdepǔtōnghuàshuōdezhēnbiāozhǔnYour Putonghua is so standard!
- 中国一直在推广普通话。ZhōngguóyìzhízàituīguǎngpǔtōnghuàChina has long been promoting Putonghua.
- 普通话有四个声调。pǔtōnghuàyǒusìgeshēngdiàoPutonghua has four tones.
More words from the lesson “Speaking Chinese”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “Putonghua” in Chinese?
“Putonghua” in Chinese is 普通话, pinyin pǔtōnghuà.
What does 普通话 mean?
普通话 (pǔtōnghuà) means “Putonghua, Standard Mandarin”.
How do you write 普通话?
普通话 is 3 characters: 普 (pǔ) — universal, everywhere; 通 (tōng) — go through; connect; 话 (huà) — speech, words. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 普通话?
普通话 is read pǔtōnghuà. Tones: pǔ — third tone, tōng — first tone, huà — fourth tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“Putonghua” in the lesson “Speaking Chinese”
This word is from the topic “In class” of HSK 4. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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