Kuan-hua

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 官話 / 官话 (Guānhuà) Wade–Giles romanization: Kuan¹-hua⁴.

Proper noun

Kuan-hua

1. Alternative form of Guanhua
   • 1941, Harold Acton, “Small Talk in China”, in Folios of New Writing‎^[1], Hogarth Press, →OCLC, page 99:

     But there are numerous forms of pai-hua and it was finally decided to adopt the most widely spoken kuan-hua, which foreigners translate as ‘mandarin,’ since it has long been the speech used by officials all over China, as distinct from the local dialects.