Hongkongers' proficiency in Putonghua is still poor, with Putonghua speakers making up only 1.4 per cent of the population. This could impact our workforce's ability to work and communicate with ...

However, while it is mandatory for many students in Hong Kong to learn Hanyu Pinyin in Putonghua classes, Cantonese Pinyin is rarely used to learn pronunciations of Traditional Chinese.

Cantonese and Mandarin, also called Putonghua, are distinct from each other. Many people think Chinese is just a single language, says Zoe Lam, a lecturer of Cantonese language at the University ...

"Chuan-pu", transliterated from "Trump," is an abbreviation of "Sichuan Putonghua." The phrase literally means "Mandarin with a Sichuan accent," which is usually used to mock someone from Sichuan ...