粵

普pou2通tung1話waa2

simp普通话
pou2 tung1 waa2pǔ tōng huà

English

  1. Putonghua; standard Mandarin
  2. Putonghua; Mandarin

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 中華人民共和國對於規範語嘅稱呼,以北京官話為基礎音、官話白話文為語法規範;稱為「普通」,係取「普遍共通、普遍通用」之意(民間有時亦會用「國語」嚟稱呼)

Examples

  • 我嘅廣東話好過我嘅普通話。

    My Cantonese is better than my Mandarin.

    Tatoeba · Akh2403 CC BY

  • 我鍾意粵語歌多過普通話歌。

    I like Cantonese music more than Mandarin music.

    Tatoeba · Akh2403 CC BY

  • 我哋個鄰居講普通話講得幾好。

    Our neighbour speaks Putonghua quite well.

  • 佢唔單止識講普通話,仲識講上海話。

    Not only can he speak Mandarin, but Shanghainese as well.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 粵語嘅羅馬化系統,例如粵拼 ,通常認為比起普通話嘅拼音更直觀啲,提供清晰嘅聲音表示,令學習者更容易理解點樣發音。

    Tatoeba · Davidgo5867 CC BY

  • 你会讲普通话吗?

    Can you speak Mandarin?

    Tatoeba · sysko CC BY

  • 您会讲普通话吗?

    Can you speak Mandarin?

    Tatoeba · jiangche CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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