普通話 (pou2 tung1 waa2) — putonghua; China's national language; s… in Cantonese

pouˊ²普tungˉ¹通waaˊ²話

简普通话

Mandarin Pinyin: pu3 tong1 hua4

Meaning of 普通話

nounputonghua; China's national language; standard Chinese pronunciation; Mandarin; [lit] common speech

ngoˏ₅我nangˎ₄能syut˗₃說jatˉ¹一dimˊ²點pouˊ²普tungˉ¹通waa2;話

I can speak a little bit of Mandarin.

我覺得普通話嘅兒化好惡聽

I think that erhua in Mandarin sounds horrible.

pouˊ²普tungˉ¹通waaˊ²話mouˏ₅冇sit˗₃舌jamˉ¹音。

Mandarin doesn't have a lisp.

pouˊ²普tungˉ¹通waaˊ²話dakˉ¹得sei˗₃四singˉ¹聲。

Mandarin has four tones.

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