Welcome to ChineseFrequencyDictionary.com. Enter a Chinese character or compound Chinese word to lookup. If a valid dictionary entry is found, frequency information will be shown below:
Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 普通话
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 普通话 | pǔ tōng huà | - Mandarin (common language) - Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language) - ordinary speech |
List Ranking for: 普通话
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2025) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 4 | 21,308 | 8,288 | 5,825 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 普 | pǔ | - general - popular - everywhere - universal |
| 通 | tōng | - to go through - to know well - (suffix) expert - to connect - to communicate - open - to clear - classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc |
| 通 | tòng | - classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc) |
| 话 | huà | - dialect - language - spoken words - speech - talk - words - conversation - what sb said - CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1] |
| 话 | huà | - old variant of 話|话[hua4] |
Other Words Containing 普通话
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2025) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 普通话 | 3 | 4 | 21,308 | 8,288 | 5,825 |