Kuan-hua

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 官話／官话 (Guānhuà) Wade–Giles romanization: Kuan¹-hua⁴.[1]

Proper noun

Kuan-hua

  1. Alternative form of Guanhua
    • 1941, Harold Acton, “Small Talk in China”, in Folios of New Writing‎, 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.

References
  1. Mandarin language, Wade-Giles romanization Kuan-hua, in Encyclopædia Britannica
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