普通话 in English pu3 tong1 hua4 Meaning

Meanings

  • Mandarin (common language)
  • Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language)
  • ordinary speech

Simplified Characters

普 通 话

Traditional Characters

普 通 話

Pinyin

pu3 tong1 hua4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

普pu3general 通tong1to go through 话hua4dialect