普通话 (普通話) pǔtōnghuà

pǔtōnghuà noun Standard Chinese
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Literally, the common language, this term was coined by reformers in the Republican period to standardize the national language in a form that could be widely adopted in Chinese society (Norman 1988, p. 135; Shei 2014, loc. 141; Sun 2006, loc. 133).