PUTONGHUA

Meaning of PUTONGHUA in English

[ pu:'tʊŋhwα: ]

■ noun the standard spoken form of modern Chinese, based on the dialect of Beijing.

Origin

Chin., lit. 'common spoken language'.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

PUTONGHUA — /pooh"tung"hwah"/ , n. the form of Chinese, based on the Beijing dialect of Mandarin, adopted as the official national language …
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PUTONGHUA — putonghua BrE AmE ˌpuː tɒŋ ˈhwɑː AmE -tɔːŋ- -tɑːŋ- —Chinese pǔtōnghuà [ 3 pʰu 1 tʰʊŋ 4 xwa \]
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