Word: Mandarin
How to pronounce: ˈmændərɪn
Noun
Definitions:
1. The standard literary and official form of Chinese based on the Beijing dialect, spoken by over 730 million people.
Example sentences: "Mandarin Chinese"
2. An official in any of the nine top grades of the former imperial Chinese civil service.
Example sentences: "But civil service mandarins already have their defences prepared if they are called before the inquiry to be headed by Lord Fraser."
3. A powerful official or senior bureaucrat, especially one perceived as reactionary and secretive.
Example sentences: "A civil service mandarin"
Noun
Definitions:
1. A small flattish citrus fruit with a loose skin, especially a variety with yellow-orange skin.
Example sentences: "Tangerines are actually a type of mandarin orange as are clementines, but here in the US, the names are used interchangeably."
2. The citrus tree that yields the mandarin.
Example sentences: "Hugh had a problem with all the leaves falling off his mandarin tree."
Synonyms:
tangerine
mandarin orange
mandarin chinese
satsuma
Derivations:
mandarine
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Mandarin in Other Languages...
Spanish: Mandarina
German: Mandarine
French: Mandarin
Italian: Mandarino
Turkish: Mandalina
