Examples

广义的现代汉语包括普通话和方言，狭义的现代汉语只指普通话

他说的是纯正的普通话。

He speaks pure putonghua.

普通话中的“了、着、的”等虚词和做后缀的“子、头”等字都念轻声。

In putonghua, particles like le, zhe, and de and suffixes like zi and tou are all in the neutral tone (or are all toneless).

提倡说普通话

promote the use of putonghua

推广普通话

popularize the common spoken Chinese

她说的不是普通话，而是地方话。

She is speaking a dialect other than Mandarin.

她说的普通话略带南方方音。

She speaks mandarin with a slight southern accent.

我一直在统计普通话的普及率。

I have been working out the popularization rate of mandarin.

能读准字音是学好普通话的关键。

Correct pronunciation is the key to learning Mandarin.

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