普 pǔ
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- Made of
- 並 to combine, to annex 日 sun
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
普通话
pǔtōnghuà
Standard Mandarin
Characters in this word
通 tōng
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 甬 path
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
话 huà
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 舌 tongue
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我说普通话。 Wǒ shuō pǔtōnghuà. I speak Standard Mandarin.
- 他学普通话。 Tā xué pǔtōnghuà. He studies Standard Mandarin.
- 普通话不难。 Pǔtōnghuà bù nán. Standard Mandarin is not hard.
Related words
- 普通 pǔtōng ordinary
- 普遍 pǔbiàn common
- 普及 pǔjí widespread; to make widespread
- 交通 jiāotōng transportation; traffic
- 通 tōng to be open; to connect
- 通过 tōngguò to pass; through
- 通知 tōngzhī to notify; notice
- 通常 tōngcháng usually
- 通信 tōngxìn communication; to correspond
- 通知书 tōngzhīshū written notice
- 沟通 gōutōng to communicate
- 流通 liútōng to circulate