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Man·da·rin
(măn′də-rĭn)n.
1. Any of a group of related dialects of Chinese spoken principally in the north and west of China.
2. The official national standard spoken language of China, based on the Mandarin dialect spoken in and around Beijing. Also called Guoyu, Putonghua.
[From mandarin (from its use in administration in imperial China ).]
man·da·rin
(măn′də-rĭn)n.
1. A member of any of the nine ranks of high public officials in the Chinese Empire.
2. A high government official or bureaucrat.
3. A member of an elite group, especially a person having influence or high status in intellectual or cultural circles.
4. A mandarin orange.
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or resembling a mandarin.
2. Marked by elaborate and refined language or literary style.
[From Spanish mandarín, from Portuguese mandarim, from Malay menteri, from Sanskrit mantrī, mantrin-, counselor, from mantraḥ, counsel; see men- in Indo-European roots.]
mandarin
(ˈmændərɪn)n
1. (Historical Terms) (in the Chinese Empire) a member of any of the nine senior grades of the bureaucracy, entered by examinations
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in the Chinese Empire) a member of any of the nine senior grades of the bureaucracy, entered by examinations
3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a high-ranking official whose powers are extensive and thought to be outside political control
4. a person of standing and influence, as in literary or intellectual circles
5. (Plants)
a. a small citrus tree, Citrus nobilis, cultivated for its edible fruit
b. the fruit of this tree, resembling the tangerine
[C16: from Portuguese mandarim, via Malay menteri from Sanskrit mantrin counsellor, from mantra counsel]
ˈmandarinate n
man•da•rin
(ˈmæn də rɪn)n.
1. (in the Chinese Empire) a member of any of the nine ranks of public officials.
2. (cap.)
a. a more or less uniform spoken form of the Chinese language based loosely on the dialect of Beijing and used by officials in late imperial China.
b. the group of related Chinese dialects, including Mandarin and the modern standard language, spoken in SW, central, and N China and in Manchuria.
3.
a. a small spiny Chinese citrus tree, Citrus reticulata, bearing flattish orange-yellow to deep orange loose-skinned fruit.
b. this fruit, some hybrid varieties of which are called tangerines.
4. an influential or powerful government official or bureaucrat.
5. a member of an elite or powerful group or class.
adj. 6. of or pertaining to a mandarin or mandarins.
7. elegantly refined, as in language or taste.
[1580–90; < Portuguese mandarim, < Malay məntəri « Skt mantrin councilor]
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Noun | 1. | ![]() mandarin orange, mandarin - a somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China genus Citrus - orange; lemon; lime; etc. citrus tree, citrus - any of numerous tropical usually thorny evergreen trees of the genus Citrus having leathery evergreen leaves and widely cultivated for their juicy edible fruits having leathery aromatic rinds tangerine, tangerine tree - a variety of mandarin orange clementine, clementine tree - a variety of mandarin orange that is grown around the Mediterranean and in South Africa satsuma, satsuma tree - a variety of mandarin orange |
2. | ![]() elitist - someone who believes in rule by an elite group | |
3. | ![]() functionary, official - a worker who holds or is invested with an office | |
4. | ![]() Chinese - a native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist China | |
5. | ![]() citrous fruit, citrus, citrus fruit - any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions clementine - a mandarin orange of a deep reddish orange color and few seeds satsuma - medium-sized largely seedless mandarin orange with thin smooth skin tangerine - any of various deep orange mandarins grown in the United States and southern Africa Citrus reticulata, mandarin, mandarin orange, mandarin orange tree - shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to southeastern Asia | |
6. | ![]() Chinese - any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system |
Translations
мандарин
mandarinkamandarínmandarinkovníkmandarínštinavysoký státní úředník
mandarinkinesisk
mandariinimandariinikiinavirkamiesaurinkokuningas
dužnosnikmandarina
mandarin
mandarínamandaríni
マンダリンオレンジ上級官吏蜜柑
관료귤
mandarinas
mandarīns
mandarijnMandarijns
mandarínmandarínkamandarínkovník
mandarin
ข้าราชการพลเรือนส้มจีน
mandalinamandarinÇin’de yüksek memur
quả quýtviên chức chính phủ
mandarin
n
(Ling) Mandarin → Hochchinesisch nt
(= fruit) → Mandarine f
mandarin
(ˈmӕndərin) noun1. (also mandarin orange) a type of small orange.
2. an official of high rank in the Chinese Empire.