普通话 pǔtōnghuà Mandarin

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Traditional: 普通話

Stroke order

普通话 is written in 30 strokes across 3 characters.

普通话 — the Chinese character for Mandarin (pǔtōnghuà), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 普通话 — Mandarin

普 — 12 strokes
通 — 10 strokes
话 — 8 strokes

Characters in 普通话

普 pǔ — general; popular; everywhere
通 tōng — to go through; to know well; (suffix) expert
话 huà — dialect; language; spoken words

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Example sentences

他的普通话说得很好。Tā de pǔtōnghuà shuō de hěn hǎo.He speaks Mandarin very well.
老师用普通话上课。Lǎoshī yòng pǔtōnghuà shàng kè.The teacher teaches the class in Mandarin.

Related words

普通话 is pronounced pǔtōnghuà and means “Mandarin”.

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