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Meaning of Putonghua | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˌpuːtɒŋˈhwɑː/

Definitions

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Putonghua.
    alt-of
  2. 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.

Equivalents

Deutsch Hochchinesisch
Français putonghua
日本語 北京語 普通話
한국어 보통화
Русский путунхуа
Tiếng Việt phổ thông thoại

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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