guān​huà

Mandarin dialects

官话 官話 guān​huà
Mandarin dialects
A group of related Chinese dialects spoken across most of northern and southwestern China; Mandarin
officialese
Bureaucratic jargon or empty formalities used by officials; double-talk.
official language
Historically the common language used in official circles based on northern dialects; formerly the name for the national standard 普通话 pǔ​tōng​huà or 国语 guó​yǔ

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Movie subtitles
0.090 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
0.626 per million

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