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Putonghua

Noun CEFR B2
ˌpuːtɒŋˈhwɑː

Definitions

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Putonghua.
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  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

Françaisputonghua
Русскийпутунхуа
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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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