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華語
華語
See also: 华语
Chinese
flowery; flourishing; magnificent; your; grey; corona; time; essence; China; Chinese; name of a mountain
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dialect; language; speech; tell to
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| trad. (華語) | 華 | 語 | |
| simp. (华语) | 华 | 语 | |
Noun
華語
- (chiefly Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia, sometimes in Taiwan) Mandarin Chinese, standard Chinese
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- 汝覺得呾潮州話在新加坡應唔應該流傳下去？啊是華人呾華語就夠了？ [Teochew, trad.]
- 汝觉得呾潮州话在新加坡应唔应该流传下去？啊是华人呾华语就够了？ [Teochew, simp.]
- From: 2015, Li Wei, Multilingualism in the Chinese Diaspora Worldwide: Transnational Connections and Local Social Realities, Routledge (ISBN 9781317638988), page 209
- Do you think Teochew language should be preserved in Singapore or is Mandarin good enough? [sic]
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Usage notes
- In China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, Mandarin is usually called 普通話／普通话 (pǔtōnghuà) or 國語／国语 (guóyǔ) instead.
Synonyms
| Dialectal synonyms of 普通話 (“Modern Standard Chinese; Putonghua”) | ||
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| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 普通話 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 普通話 |
| Taiwan | 國語、華語 | |
| Malaysia | 華語 | |
| Singapore | 華語 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 普通話、國語 |
| Hong Kong | 國語、普通話 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 普通話 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 普通話 |
| Hui | Shexian | 普通話 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 普通話 |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 普通話 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 普通話 |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 普通話 |
| Taipei | 國語 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 普通話 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 普通話 |