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 ...

It's no surprise that Putonghua has quickly become a very important language in the modern world. Because of this, there is a strong possibility that Cantonese will eventually be a "dead" language.

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 ...