Guanhua

See also: guānhuà and Guānhuà

English

Alternative forms

• (from Wade-Giles) Kuan-hua

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 官話／官话 (Guānhuà).

Proper noun

Guanhua

1. Mandarin, group of Northern Chinese dialects including Standard Mandarin (Putonghua).

Synonyms

• Beifanghua

Translations

language

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 官話／官话 (gun¹ waa^6-2)

  Hokkien: 官話／官话 (zh-min-nan) (koaⁿ-ōe)

  Mandarin: 官話／官话 (zh) (guānhuà), 北方話／北方话 (zh) (běifānghuà)

• Russian: гуаньхуа́ m (guanʹxuá)