mandarin

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. Mandarin The official national standard spoken language of China, which is based on the principal dialect spoken in and around Beijing. Also called Guoyu, Putonghua.
5. A mandarin orange.

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.]

(MAN-duh-rin)

noun
1. A member of one of nine ranks of public officials in the Chinese Empire.
2. A powerful government official or bureaucrat.
3. A member of an elite group, especially one having influence in intellectual or literary circles.
4. Capitalized: the official national language of China.
5. A citrus tree, Citrus reticulata, that is native to China.

adjective
1. Of or relating to a mandarin.
2. Marked by refined or ornate language.

Etymology
From Portuguese mandarim, from Malay menteri, from Sanskrit mantri (counselor), from mantra (word or formula), from manyate (he thinks).

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - Kinas officielle sprog, kinesisk embedsmand (mandarin)
adj. - mandarin-

2.
n. - partiformand (politisk), bureaukrat, magtfuldt overklassemedlem

Nederlands (Dutch)
mandarijn, Mandarijns, mandarijnboom, Chinese bestuurder (in het Keizerrijk), (ouderwetse) bureaucraat, pedante bestuurder, invloedrijk persoon in intellectuele kring, likeursoort, Chinees poppetje, bureaucratisch, sierlijk (taal), oranje

Français (French)
1.
n. - mandarin
adj. - relatif à un mandarin, élégant, raffiné

2.
n. - mandarine, mandarinier

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Mandarin, Hochchinesisch, Funktionär
adj. - Mandarinen-, mandarinisch, elegant, raffiniert

2.
n. - Mandarine, Mandarinenbaum

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (φυτολ.) μανταρίνι, μανδαρίνος, (μτφ.) γραφειοκράτης
adj. - του μανταρινιού

Italiano (Italian)
mandarino

Português (Portuguese)
n. - mandarim (m)
adj. - mandarim

Русский (Russian)
мандарин

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - mandarín
adj. - perteneciente a un mandarín, elegante, refinado

2.
n. - mandarina, árbol de mandarino

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - mandarin (kinesisk ämbetsman), byråkrat, mandarinträd
adj. - mandaringult

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
官话, 满清官吏, 普通话, 官僚的, 繁复而华美的, 保守知识界的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 官話, 滿清官吏, 普通話
adj. - 官僚的, 繁複而華美的, 保守知識界的

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 예 중국의 관리, 주황색, 표준 중국어
adj. - 격식 차린, 보수적인

2.
n. - 귤나무, 귤의 일종

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 高級官吏, 高官, 役人, 官話, 標準中国語

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مندلينا, يوسف أفندي, موظف كبير في الصين سابقا, حكيم (صفه) ذو لون برتقالي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מנדרין - פקיד בכיר בקיסרות הסינית, פקיד בכיר, שפתה הרשמית של סין, פסלון חרסינה סיני‬
adj. - ‮של מנדרין, אלגנטי, מעודן‬
n. - ‮מנדרינה (פרי)‬

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