standard national pronunciation (historical)
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Meanings
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standard national pronunciation of Chinese (historical)
archaicHistorical term referring to the officially sanctioned pronunciation of Mandarin Chinese, used primarily in the early 20th century before the establishment of the modern Putonghua (普通话) standard. Now considered an outdated term.
Mín民
guó国
shí时
qī期
tuī推
xíng行
guò过
guó国
yīn音
tǒng统
yī一
yùn运
dòng动
。
During the Republican era, there was a movement to unify the standard national pronunciation.
Zhè这
běn本
zì字
diǎn典
biāo标
zhù注
de的
shì是
lǎo老
guó国
yīn音
。
This dictionary is annotated using the old standard national pronunciation.
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Guó国
yīn音
yǔ与
xiàn现
zài在
de的
pǔ普
tōng通
huà话
fā发
yīn音
yǒu有
xì细
wēi微
chā差
bié别
。
The historical standard national pronunciation has subtle differences from modern Putonghua pronunciation.