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See also: putonghua, pǔtōnghuà, and Pǔtōnghuà

Putonghua

Standard Mandarin, the official language of the People's Republic of China; the common 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.

the official language of the People's Republic of China — See also translations at : Mandarin

Chinese:

Cantonese: 普通話, 普通话 ‎(pou² tung¹ waa⁶⁻²)

Mandarin: 普通話 (zh), 普通话 (zh) ‎(pǔtōnghuà)
Japanese: 普通話 (ja) ‎(ふつうわ, futsūwa), 北京語 (ja) ‎(ペキンご, Pekingo, プートンファ, pūtonfa, プートンホワ, pūtonhowa)

See also: Putonghua, pǔtōnghuà, and Pǔtōnghuà

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