普通话

• 拼音: pǔ tōng huà
• 汉字拆解: 普通 (pǔtōng) — common, ordinary; 话 (huà) = 讠(speech radical) + 舌 (tongue)

含义

Mandarin Chinese; the standard spoken language of China. Literally 'common speech.'

The official standard spoken language of mainland China, based on the Beijing dialect. Different from Taiwan's 国语 (guóyǔ) and Singapore's 华语 (huáyǔ), though they are essentially the same language. All Chinese students learn 普通话 in school regardless of their local dialect.

例句

1. 他的普通话说得很标准。
2. 学校里大家都说普通话。
3. 我正在学习普通话。

用法指南

语境: language learning, school, communication

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 请用普通话说一遍。(Please say it once in Mandarin.)
• 我的普通话不太好。(My Mandarin is not very good.)

错误说法

• 在台湾不说普通话这个词 (In Taiwan people say 国语 instead of 普通话 — using 普通话 in Taiwan might sound mainland-specific)

起源与历史

普通 (pǔtōng, common/ordinary) + 话 (huà, speech/language). Literally 'the common language' — the speech shared by all.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal