PUTONGHUA


Meaning of PUTONGHUA in English

/pooh"tung"hwah"/ , n.

the form of Chinese, based on the Beijing dialect of Mandarin, adopted as the official national language of China.

Also, p'u-t'ung hua . Also called Kuo-yü .

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .