\np\u01d4t\u014dnghu\u00e0+<\/sup><\/span> (p\u01d4\u00b7t\u014dng\u00b7hu\u00e0 common; universal \u00b7 {through(out) \u2192 [common]} \u00b7 speech \u2192<\/span> [(Modern Standard) Mandarin (term commonly used in China)]<\/span> \u666e\u901a\u8bdd \u666e\u901a\u8a71<\/span>)<\/span> \u2190 Tap\/click to show\/hide the \u201cflashcard\u201d<\/span><\/h3>\n\n

This is the expression commonly used in mainland China to refer to (Modern Standard) Mandarin.<\/p>\n

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 \u201cp\u01d4t\u014dnghu\u00e0<\/i><\/span> (p\u01d4\u00b7t\u014dng\u00b7hu\u00e0 common; universal \u00b7 {through(out) \u2192 [common]} \u00b7 speech \u2192<\/span> [(Modern Standard) Mandarin (term commonly used in China)]<\/span> \u666e\u901a\u8bdd \u666e\u901a\u8a71<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d or one of the other ways to refer to (Modern Standard) Mandarin in Mandarin. For more information, see these posts on the excellent Language Log<\/a> blog:<\/p>\n\n

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• The ethnopolitics of National Language in China<\/a><\/li>\n \t
• \"National Language\" in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

  Other Mandarin expressions commonly used to refer to (Modern Standard) Mandarin will be future Mandarin Expressions of the Week. Posts about these different Mandarin expressions used to refer to (Modern Standard) Mandarin will be viewable using the link for this blog\u2019s Mandarin<\/a> tag.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  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 \u201cp\u01d4t\u014dnghu\u00e0 (p\u01d4\u00b7t\u014dng\u00b7hu\u00e0 common; universal \u00b7 {through(out) \u2192 [common]} \u00b7 speech \u2192 [(Modern Standard) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11],"tags":[22,165,12,514],"class_list":["post-71","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-languages","tag-china","tag-language-log","tag-mandarin","tag-politics"],"yoast_head":"\n