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普通话

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
普通话 pǔtōnghuà	普通话 \| 普通话* \| *普通话	Putonghua; standard Mandarin	普通話 HSK 2

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
普	普 \| 普* \| *普	12画日 + 8	pǔ	universal, general, widespread	pou2	8060.1 TCA


通	通 \| 通* \| *通	10画辵辶 + 7	tōng, tòng	pass through; common; communicate	tung1	3730.2 YNIB


话	话 \| 话* \| *话	8画讠 + 6	huà	speech, talk, language; dialect	waa6	話 3276 IVHJR

Word decomposition:

Simplified		English Definition
普通话 pǔtōnghuà	普通话 \| 普通话* \| *普通话	Putonghua; standard Mandarin


普 pǔ	普 \| 普* \| *普	general / popular / everywhere / universal


普通 pǔtōng	普通 \| 普通* \| *普通	common / ordinary / general / average


通　tōng	通 \| 通* \| *通	to go through / to know well / (suffix) expert / to connect / to communicate / open / to clear / classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc


通　tòng	通 \| 通* \| *通	classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)


通话　tōnghuà	通话 \| 通话* \| *通话	to hold a conversation / to talk over the telephone / phone call


话　　huà	话 \| 话* \| *话	dialect / language / spoken words / speech / talk / words / conversation / what sb said / CL: 種｜种, 席, 句, 口, 番


话　　huà	话 \| 话* \| *话	old variant of 話｜话