普通话
pǔ tōng huà
Pinyin

Definition

普通话
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pǔ tōng huà
  1. Mandarin (common language)
  2. Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language)
  3. ordinary speech

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

交通
jiāo tōng
  1. 1 to be connected
  2. 2 traffic
  3. 3 transportation
  4. 4 communications
  5. 5 liaison
普通
pǔ tōng
  1. 1 common
  2. 2 ordinary
  3. 3 general
  4. 4 average
沟通
gōu tōng
  1. 1 to join
  2. 2 to connect
  3. 3 to link up
  4. 4 to communicate
联通
Lián tōng
  1. 1 China United Telecommunications Corporation
  2. 2 aka China Unicom or Unicom
  3. 3 abbr. for 中國聯通|中国联通
通
tōng
  1. 1 to go through
  2. 2 to know well
  3. 3 (suffix) expert
  4. 4 to connect
  5. 5 to communicate
  6. 6 open
  7. 7 to clear
  8. 8 classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc
通宵
tōng xiāo
  1. 1 all night
  2. 2 throughout the night
通常
tōng cháng
  1. 1 regular
  2. 2 usual
  3. 3 normal
  4. 4 usually
  5. 5 normally
通往
tōng wǎng
  1. 1 to lead to
通知
tōng zhī
  1. 1 to notify
  2. 2 to inform
  3. 3 notice
  4. 4 notification
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
通过
tōng guò
  1. 1 by means of
  2. 2 through
  3. 3 via
  4. 4 to pass through
  5. 5 to get through
  6. 6 to adopt
  7. 7 to pass (a bill or inspection etc)
  8. 8 to switch over
开通
kāi tōng
  1. 1 to open up (windows for air, ideas for discussion, transportation routes etc)
一窍不通
yī qiào bù tōng
  1. 1 lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head)
  2. 2 I don't understand a word (idiom)
  3. 3 it's all Greek to me
互通
hù tōng
  1. 1 to intercommunicate
  2. 2 to interoperate
亨通
hēng tōng
  1. 1 to go smoothly
  2. 2 prosperous
  3. 3 going well
全球通
quán qiú tōng
  1. 1 Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) (telecommunications)
南通
Nán tōng
  1. 1 Nantong prefecture level city in Jiangsu
卡通
kǎ tōng
  1. 1 cartoon (loanword)
圆通
yuán tōng
  1. 1 flexible
  2. 2 accommodating
夏普
Xià pǔ
  1. 1 Sharp Corporation
惠普
Huì Pǔ
  1. 1 Hewlett-Packard

Idioms (20)

一窍不通
yī qiào bù tōng
  1. 1 lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head)
  2. 2 I don't understand a word (idiom)
  3. 3 it's all Greek to me
一通百通
yī tōng bǎi tōng
  1. 1 grasp this fundamental point and all the rest will follow (idiom)
串通一气
chuàn tōng yī qì
  1. 1 to act in collusion (idiom)
互通有无
hù tōng yǒu wú
  1. 1 mutual exchange of assistance (idiom)
  2. 2 to benefit from each other's strengths and make up each other's shortfalls
  3. 3 to reciprocate with material assistance
  4. 4 scratch each other's back
八仙过海，各显神通
Bā xiān guò hǎi , gè xiǎn shén tōng
  1. 1 lit. the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing his own special talent (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of each individual in a group) to give full play to one's unique capabilities
半通不通
bàn tōng bù tōng
  1. 1 to not fully understand (idiom)
博识多通
bó shí duō tōng
  1. 1 knowledgeable and perspicacious (idiom)
四通八达
sì tōng bā dá
  1. 1 roads open in all directions (idiom); accessible from all sides
官运亨通
guān yùn hēng tōng
  1. 1 (of a political career) everything is going smoothly (idiom)
弄懂弄通
nòng dǒng nòng tōng
  1. 1 to get a thorough understanding of sth (idiom)
心有灵犀一点通
xīn yǒu líng xī yī diǎn tōng
  1. 1 hearts linked as one, just as the proverbial rhinoceros communicates emotion telepathically through his single horn (idiom); fig. two hearts beat as one
政通人和
zhèng tōng rén hé
  1. 1 efficient government, people at peace (idiom); all is well with the state and the people
时运亨通
shí yùn hēng tōng
  1. 1 our luck is in, everything is going smoothly (idiom)
普度众生
pǔ dù zhòng shēng
  1. 1 (Buddhism) to deliver all living creatures from suffering (idiom)
普济众生
pǔ jì zhòng shēng
  1. 1 universal mercy and succor (idiom); the Buddha's infinite power and mercy
有无相通
yǒu wú xiāng tōng
  1. 1 mutual exchange of assistance (idiom)
  2. 2 to reciprocate with material assistance
条条大路通罗马
tiáo tiáo dà lù tōng Luó mǎ
  1. 1 all roads lead to Rome
  2. 2 use different means to obtain the same result (idiom)
水泄不通
shuǐ xiè bù tōng
  1. 1 lit. not one drop can trickle through (idiom); fig. impenetrable (crowd, traffic)
无师自通
wú shī zì tōng
  1. 1 self-taught
  2. 2 to learn without a teacher (idiom)
万事亨通
wàn shì hēng tōng
  1. 1 everything is going smoothly (idiom)

Sample Sentences

普通话
pǔtōnghuà
Mandarin dialect.
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我们要推行普通话。
wǒmen yào tuīxíng pǔtōnghuà 。
We need to implement Mandarin.
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我们要推广普通话。
wǒmen yào tuīguǎng pǔtōnghuà 。
We need to promote Mandarin.
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Ryan的普通话水平很出色，但上海话一点也不会说。
Ryan de pǔtōnghuà shuǐpíng hěn chūsè ，dàn Shànghǎi huà yīdiǎn yě bù huì shuō 。
Ryan's Mandarin ability is remarkable, however he can't speak a word of Shanghainese.
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Ryan的普通话水平很优秀，这证明多练习就会熟练。
Ryan de pǔtōnghuà shuǐpíng hěn yōuxiù ，zhè zhèngmíng duō liànxí jiù huì shúliàn 。
Ryan's Mandarin ability is excellent, this shows that practice makes perfect.
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我们今天讨论的，包括ChinesePod用的，都是普通话。
wǒmen jīntiān tǎolùn de ，bāokuò Chinesepod yòngde ，dōu shì pǔtōnghuà 。
Everything in our discussion today and including what's used on ChinesePod is Mandarin Chinese.
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推广普通话
tuīguǎng pǔtōnghuà
to popularize Mandarin
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北京话是不是普通话？
Běijīng huà shì bu shì pǔtōnghuà ？
Is Beijing dialect Mandarin?
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你的普通话真好。
nǐ de pǔtōnghuà zhēn hǎo 。
Your Mandarin is really good.
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你们可以说普通话吗？
nǐmen kěyǐ shuō pǔtōnghuà ma ？
Can you guys speak Mandarin?
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