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塑料普通話

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Mandarin · pinyin sù liào pǔ tōng huà

(coll.) bad or awkward Mandarin (spoken with heavy accent, incorrect tones or other non-standard features)

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塑: sù · model in clay, sculpt; plastics
料: liào · consider, conjecture; materials, ingredients
普: pǔ · universal, general, widespread
通: tōng · pass through; common; communicate
話: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
话: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect

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4–4–3–1–4 · su4 liao4 pu3 tong1 hua4

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noun

(regional) substandard Mandarin

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