Examples of using "путунхуа" in a sentence and their english translations:
- Can you speak Mandarin?
- Are you able to speak Mandarin?
This isn't Mandarin, it's Shanghainese.
What's the difference between Cantonese and Mandarin?
Mandarin is spoken by more people than any other language.
Not only can he speak Mandarin, but Shanghainese as well.
Even people with perfect pitch sometimes have a hard time with Mandarin, let alone Cantonese.