Mandarin

What do we mean by mandarin?

A member of any of the nine ranks of high public officials in the Chinese Empire. noun

A high government official or bureaucrat. noun

A member of an elite group, especially a person having influence or high status in intellectual or cultural circles. noun

A mandarin orange. noun

Of, relating to, or resembling a mandarin. adjective

Marked by elaborate and refined language or literary style. adjective

Same as mandarin orange (which see, under orange). noun

In dyeing, to give an orange-color to, as silk or other stuffs made of animal fiber, not by means of a solution of coloring matter, but by the action of dilute nitric acid. The orange-color is produced by a partial decomposition of the surface of the fiber by the acid.

Any Chinese official, civil or military, who wears a. button. (See button, 3.) The Chinese equivalent is kwan, which means simply ‘public servant.’ noun

capitalized The form of Chinese spoken (with slight variations) in the northern, central, and western provinces of China, as well as Manchuria, and by officials and educated persons all over the empire, as distinguished from the local dialects spoken chiefly in the southern provinces, and form the book-language, which appeals only to the eye. noun

In ornithology, the mandarin duck (which see, under duck). noun

A piece of mandarin porcelain. noun

A coal-tar color used in dyeing, produced from beta-naphthol. It dyes a bright reddish-orange shade. Also called tropœlin and orange No. 2. noun

Pertaining or suitable to a mandarin or to mandarins; hence, of exalted character or quality; superior; noble; fine.

A Chinese public officer or nobleman; a civil or military official in China and Annam. noun

A powerful government official or bureaucrat, especially one who is pedantic and has a strong sense of his own importance and privelege. noun

A member of an influential, powerful or elite group, espcially within artistic or intellectual circles; -- used especially of elder members who are traditionalist or conservative about their specialties. noun

The form of the Chinese language spoken by members of the Chinese Imperial Court an officials of the empire. noun

Any of several closely related dialects of the Chinese language spoken by a mojority of the population of China, the standard variety of which is spoken in the region around Beijing. noun

A small flattish reddish-orange loose-skinned orange, with an easily separable rind. It is thought to be of Chinese origin, and is counted a distinct species (Citrus reticulata formerly Citrus nobilis); called also mandarin orange and tangerine. noun

A high government bureaucrat of the Chinese Empire

A pedantic or elitist bureaucrat

A pedantic senior person of influence in academia or literary circles

A senior civil servant

Words that are spelled similarly to mandarin:
mandarin, mandrin, madarin, mandolin, manakin, mandarine, mandril, mandan, manderil, margarin, mandara, mondain, mazarin, mandarins, mandaean, mudarin, mandarino, manganin, mandalic, mandar, mondamin, mandare, sindarin, mandarina, bandari, mandali, mundari, mandaic.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word mandarin:
cantonese, hakka, pinyin, taiwanese, oranges, lingua, oriental, fluently, tagalog, colloquial, phonology, dialect, pronunciation, chinese, subtitles, malay, phonetic, tones, manchu, taiwan, spoken, varieties, immersion, min, citrus, syllables, vocabulary, ducks, punjabi, chinatown, consonants, vietnamese, beijing, giles, syllable, simplified, hong, hindi, bilingual, duck, wong, taipei, kong, singapore, responses, tone, stark, wade, korean, tamil, accent, mainland, malaysian, language, affiliation, pronounced, arabic, shanghai, speak, tongue, tibetan, anglican, languages, chen, indonesian, thai, china, hotel, literally, surname, orange, instruction, speaking, symbols, japanese, english, rings, wang, hotels, han, portuguese, southwestern, standard, religion, words, malaysia, spanish, dynasty, grammar, lessons, sony, curriculum, iron, persian.

Words that rhyme with mandarin:
andren, alexander in, bystander in, candor in, candour in, commander in, coriander in, gander in, gerrymander in, grander in, hander in, highlander in, lander in, landor in, leander in, lysander in, mander in, meander in, oleander in, salamander in, sander in, santander in, slander in, zander in.

Adjectives that are often used to describe mandarin:
chinese, old, military, great, local, standard, high, modern, young, chief, little, fluent, civil, northern, grand, petty, wealthy, perfect, highest, senior, accented, rich, ranking, former, principal, vietnamese, powerful, yellow, southern, non, ancient, excellent, button, class, minor, provincial, blue, wise, colloquial, fat, confucian, inferior, dignified, buttoned, beautiful, literary, classical, typical, enough, elderly, distinguished, cantonese, pure, retired, nearest, learned, worthy, tartar, day, friendly, dead, flawless, called, venerable, manchu, porcelain, century, eminent, imperial, famous, portly, influential, deceased, brahmin.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective mandarin:
dialect, speakers, ducks, language, oranges, dialects, pronunciation, tones, class, orange, duck, films, system, speaker, version, word, words, capitalists, collar, style, family, classes, coat, road, group, speech, cinema, discourse, education, characters, speaking, lessons, movies, phonology, teacher, children, translation, name, songs, coats, sentences, fish, terms, tongue, syllables, data, accent, tone, grammar, equivalent, boats, campaign, sentence, robe, term, hotel, cuisine, particles, porcelain, robes, drake, schools, examples, cooking, conversation, sounds, program, pancakes, learning, syntax, junks, programs, primer, instruction, restaurant, prose, channel, languages, officials, bureaucracy, dress, tradition, film, syllable, costume, verbs, courses, varieties, sandhi, vowels, squares, variety, broadcast, usage.

Consonant match to mandarin:
mandarine, mandaean, mander in, mandi in, mandy in, mindy in, monday in, munday in, mundi in, mundy in.

Words that sound like mandarin:
mandarin, mandrin, mandarine, mandan, mandarins, manderson, mandarines, madron, maundering, mantra, mondrian, manton, minden, munden, mandrel, mendon, man down, menden, mandarina, mandrell, hendren, hendron, hand drum, meandering, mentoring, mandrill, manding, mandril, mannering, mountain, mansion, mundane, madden, matron, manda, mander, minton, montra, mantras, menton, manders, mannion, mondaine, mondain, manan, monton, mundine, madon, madrone, mannan, mannon, andren, moneran, mandar, mannen, minturn, matrone, andron, mandans, metron, mandor, marran, manaen, mandore, natron, sandrine, landrum, gendron, handan, mending, mandolin, minding, motrin, mattering, mandoline, mood ring, mounding, manin, marrin, muntin, motor inn, minoring, madam, madame, madras, maden, hindering, madsen, hand in, madan, madian, madra, madrass, fondren, madrina, end run, dendron, condron, antron, condren.