putonghua
noun/ˌpuːtɒŋˈhwɑː/
/ˌpuːtɑːŋˈhwɑː/
[uncountable]- the standard spoken form of modern Chinese, based on the form spoken in Beijing compare mandarinWord OriginChinese, literally ‘common spoken language’.
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