国语 (guó yǔ) — Mandarin (standard Chinese, especially as used in Taiwan); (historical) national language

Definition

Examples

• 他在台湾学了国语，所以口音不太一样。
  Tā zài tái wān xué le guó yǔ, suǒ yǐ kǒu yīn bú tài yí yàng.
  He learned Mandarin in Taiwan, so his accent is a bit different.
• 民国时期，政府推广国语作为全国通用语。
  Mín guó shí qī, zhèng fǔ tuī guǎng guó yǔ zuò wéi quán guó tōng yòng yǔ.
  During the Republican period, the government promoted the national language as the common language for the whole country.
• 现在中国大陆说的国语普通话和台湾的国语有些差异。
  Xiàn zài zhōng guó dà lù shuō de guó yǔ pǔ tōng huà hé tái wān de guó yǔ yǒu xiē chā yì.
  There are some differences between the Mandarin spoken in mainland China and the national language in Taiwan.

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