Mandarin

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Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 See also

English

Etymology

Spanish mandarín and Portuguese mandarim, mandarij, from Malay menteri, manteri, from Hindi mantri, from Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (mantrin) "minister, councillor", from मन्त्र (mantra) "counsel; maxim; mantra" + -इन् (-in) agent suffix.

Pronunciation

	IPA	SAMPA
RP	/ˈmænd(ɚ)rɪn/	/"m{nd(@)rIn/
GenAm	/ˈmændɚrɪn/	/"m{nd@`rIn/

• Hyphenation: man·da·rin
• Rhymes: -ændərɪn

Noun

mandarin (plural: mandarins)

1. A government bureaucrat of the former Chinese Empire
2. A government bureaucrat in Great Britain, a civil servant
3. Mandarin — the official language of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China on Taiwan (ROC). It is also one of four official languages in Singapore. In the PRC, it's called Putonghua ( 普通话;普通話); In Taiwan, it's called Guoyu ( 国语;國語); Among overseas Chinese communities, particularly in South East Asia, the language is known as Hànyǔ ( 汉语;漢語)。
4. Mandarin orange

Translations

• Bulgarian: мандарин m (2)
• Chinese: 普通話, 普通话 (pǔtōng-huà, 2)
• Dutch: Mandarijns n (2)
• Ekspreso: Mandarino (1, 2), Mandarina (3)
• Finnish: mandariinikiina (2), mandariini (2), kiina (2)
• French: mandarin m (2)
• German: Mandarin n (2)
• Portuguese: mandarim m (1, 2), mandarina f (3), tangerina f (3), bergamota f (3)
• Spanish: mandarín m (1, 2), mandarina f (3)
• Swedish: mandarin

See also

• Wikipedia article on Mandarin