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Putonghua meaning

Standard Mandarin, the official language of the People's Republic of China; the state-designated national speech of the Han nationality using Beijing pronunciation as the standard pronunciation, Beijing speech as the basic dialect, and the model writing of the modern vernacular prose as the norm for grammar.

Using Putonghua

  • The main meaning on this page is: Standard Mandarin, the official language of the People's Republic of China; the state-designated national speech of the Han nationality using Beijing pronunciation as the standard pronunciation, Beijing speech as the basic dialect, and the model writing of the modern vernacular prose as the norm for grammar.
  • In the example corpus, putonghua often appears in combinations such as: putonghua or.

Context around Putonghua

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 15.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

promoting 1× name 1×

Sentence patterns with Putonghua

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

century the putonghua or common 1× exist between putonghua and guoyu 1× in promoting putonghua was pioneering 1× very name putonghua or common 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

for some linguists 1× his efforts in 1× the pronunciation of 1× the very name 1×

Common sentence endings:

guoyu for example 1× or national language 1× putonghua was pioneering 1× reinforces this idea 1×

Words around Putonghua

Just before it in the word index:

puto 2 putney 41 putnams 3 putnam 294 putman 8 putland 3

Just after it in the word index:

putout 4 putouts 3 putra 15 putrajaya 57 putranto 2 putrefaction 8

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaai 6 aani 6 aarne 6 aarya 6 aasb 6 aasen 6

Corpus analysis for Putonghua

  • In this selection, "putonghua" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 15.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, promoting and name stand out and add context to how "putonghua" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include century the putonghua or common and exist between putonghua and guoyu. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "putonghua" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with putonghua

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

His efforts in promoting Putonghua was pioneering. (7 words)

The very name Putonghua, or "common speech," reinforces this idea. (10 words)

The pronunciation of words is a standardization choice and occasional standardization differences (not accents) do exist, between Putonghua and Guoyu, for example. (22 words)

Longer example sentences

For some linguists of the early 20th century, the Putonghua, or "common tongue/speech", was conceptually different from the Guoyu, or "national language". (23 words)

The pronunciation of words is a standardization choice and occasional standardization differences (not accents) do exist, between Putonghua and Guoyu, for example. (22 words)

The very name Putonghua, or "common speech," reinforces this idea. (10 words)

Example sentences (4)

For some linguists of the early 20th century, the Putonghua, or "common tongue/speech", was conceptually different from the Guoyu, or "national language".

His efforts in promoting Putonghua was pioneering.

The pronunciation of words is a standardization choice and occasional standardization differences (not accents) do exist, between Putonghua and Guoyu, for example.

The very name Putonghua, or "common speech," reinforces this idea.

Common combinations with putonghua

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • putonghua or 2×

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "putonghua" in a sentence?
An example: "For some linguists of the early 20th century, the Putonghua, or "common tongue/speech", was conceptually different from the Guoyu, or "national language"." This page contains 4 example sentences with the word "putonghua" from authentic English texts.
What does "putonghua" mean?
Putonghua means: Standard Mandarin, the official language of the People's Republic of China; the state-designated national speech of the Han nationality using Beijing pronunciation as the standard pronunciation, Beijing speech as the basic dialect, and the model writing of the modern vernacular prose as the norm for grammar.
How many example sentences with "putonghua" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 4 example sentences with "putonghua", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.