1.0Mandarin Expression of the Weekhttps://troubadourworks.com/tiandi/meotwtiandihttps://troubadourworks.com/tiandi/meotw/author/tiandi/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="B1AYRCNFo5"><a href="https://troubadourworks.com/tiandi/meotw/2020/08/31/putonghua/">pǔtōnghuà</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://troubadourworks.com/tiandi/meotw/2020/08/31/putonghua/embed/#?secret=B1AYRCNFo5" width="600" height="338" title="“pǔtōnghuà” — Mandarin Expression of the Week" data-secret="B1AYRCNFo5" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://troubadourworks.com/tiandi/meotw/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> This is the expression commonly used in mainland China to refer to (Modern Standard) Mandarin. Unfortunately, politics sometimes raises its ugly head in language matters, and so it is worth noting that in some situations, there may be political implications of using “pǔtōnghuà (pǔ·tōng·huà common; universal · {through(out) → [common]} · speech → [(Modern Standard) […]