普通话
Traditional form:
普通話
Pinyin (reading):
pǔtōnghuà
Definitions:
- Mandarin (common language)
- Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language)
- ordinary speech
Characters:
- 普 - widespread, universal, general
- 通 - to pass through, to open, to connect; to communicate; common
- 话 - talk, speech; language, dialect
Traditional characters: