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
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| RP
| /ˈmænd(ɚ)rɪn/ | /"m{nd(@)rIn/
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| GenAm
| /ˈmændɚrɪn/ | /"m{nd@`rIn/
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- Hyphenation: man·da·rin
- Rhymes: -ændərɪn
Noun
mandarin (plural: mandarins )
- a government bureaucrat of the former Chinese Empire
- a government bureaucrat in Great Britain, a civil servant
- 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)。
- mandarin orange
Translations
- Bulgarian: мандарин m (2)
- Chinese: 普通话, 普通話 (Putonghua, Pǔtōnghuà, Pu3tong1hua4) (3)
- 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
