to hold a conversation · to talk over the telephone · phone call

tōng huà

t+ōng·1st toneh+uà·4th tone

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Promoting Mandarin Chinese is China's national plan.

推行普通话，是中国的国策。

You yourself belong to this group of people that you're talking about - the one that doesn't speak standard Mandarin well.

你像你说的那些人一样都属于说不好普通话的人。

Can you speak Mandarin?

您会讲普通话吗？

Should I cancel the call?

我该取消通话吗?

My Chinese is very good.

我的普通话很好。

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