Chinese Word Entry
普通話水平測試Simplified Chinese form: 普通话水平测试
| Mandarin (Zhuyin): | ㄆㄨˇ ㄊㄨㄥ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄘㄜˋ ㄕˋ |
| Mandarin (Pinyin): | Pǔ tōng huà Shuǐ píng Cè shì |
| Definition: | 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 | universal, wide(ly), generally, Prussia, general, widespread |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄆㄨˇ (pǔ) |
| Cantonese: | pou2 |
| Japanese: | フ (fu)、 ホ (ho) / あまね.く (amaneku)、 あまねし (amaneshi) |
| Korean: | 보 (bo) |
| Vietnamese: | phổ |
| 通 | traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc., common, communicate |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄊㄨㄥ (tōng), ㄊㄨㄥˋ (tòng) |
| Cantonese: | tung1 |
| Japanese: | ツウ (tsuu)、 ツ (tsu)、 トウ (tou) / とお.る (tooru)、 とお.り (toori)、 -とお.り (-toori)、 -どお.り (-doori)、 とお.す (toosu)、 とお.し (tooshi)、 -どお.し (-dooshi)、 かよ.う (kayou) |
| Korean: | 통 (tong) |
| Vietnamese: | thông |
| 話 | tale, talk, speech, language, dialect |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄏㄨㄚˋ (huà) |
| Cantonese: | waa2, waa6 |
| Japanese: | ワ (wa)、 カイ (kai) / はな.す (hanasu)、 はなし (hanashi) |
| Korean: | 화 (hwa) |
| Vietnamese: | thoại |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 话 |
| 水 | water, liquid, lotion, juice |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄕㄨㄟˇ (shuǐ) |
| Cantonese: | seoi2 |
| Japanese: | スイ (sui) / みず (mizu)、 みず- (mizu-) |
| Korean: | 수 (su) |
| Vietnamese: | thủy, héo, thuỷ |
Variants
| Semantic variant form: | 氵 |
| 平 | even, flat, peace, level, peaceful |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄆㄧㄥˊ (píng), ㄆㄧㄢˊ (pián), ㄅㄧㄥˋ (bìng), ㄅㄥ (bēng) |
| Cantonese: | peng4, ping4 |
| Japanese: | ヘイ (hei)、 ビョウ (byou)、 ヒョウ (hyou)、 ベン (ben) / たい.ら (taira)、 たい.らげる (tairageru)、 ひら (hira)、 ひらたい (hiratai) |
| Korean: | 평 (pyeong), 편 (pyeon) |
| Vietnamese: | bình, biền |
| 測 | fathom, plan, scheme, measure, estimate, conjecture |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄘㄜˋ (cè) |
| Cantonese: | caak1, cak1 |
| Japanese: | ソク (soku) / はか.る (hakaru) |
| Korean: | 측 (cheug) |
| Vietnamese: | trắc |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 测 |
| 試 | test, try, attempt, experiment, ordeal |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄕˋ (shì) |
| Cantonese: | si3, si5 |
| Japanese: | シ (shi) / こころ.みる (kokoromiru)、 ため.す (tamesu) |
| Korean: | 시 (si) |
| Vietnamese: | thí |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 试 |