第43集: 普通话的历史 The History of Mandarin Chinese | Intermediate Chinese podcast

Free vocab list for this episode: “普通话” 的概念诞生不过百年，但是今天已经成为80%的中国人通用的语言。为什么要有普通话？普通话是北京话吗？历史上，北京话一直是最重要的方言吗？来听听今天的播客吧。 The concept of “the common language“ emerged no more than 100 years ago, but it has become the shared language of 80% of the Chinese population today. Why do we need Mandarin Chinese as the common language? Is Mandarin Chinese equal to “the Beijing language“? Throughout history, has the Beijing language always been the major dialect in China? Have a listen to today’s podcast. ◉ Become a Member () ◉ Read Transcript () ◉ Facebook () ◉ LinkedIn () ◉ Duolingo Events () #chinesepodcast #intermediatechinese #teatimechinese