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普通話水平測試

简普通话水平测试 · 繁普通話水平測試

Mandarin · pinyin Pǔ tōng huà Shuǐ píng Cè shì

Putonghua Proficiency Test, an official test of spoken fluency in Standard Chinese for native speakers of Chinese languages, developed in the PRC in 1994

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普: pǔ · universal, general, widespread
通: tōng · pass through; common; communicate
話: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
水: shuǐ · water, liquid, lotion, juice
平: píng · flat, level, even; peaceful
測: Look up this written character
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话: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
测: cè · measure, estimate, conjecture
试: shì · test, try, experiment

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3–1–4–3–2–4–4 · Pu3 tong1 hua4 Shui3 ping2 Ce4 shi4

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