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Mandarin noun

  /mæn.dəˈɹɪn/ , /ˈmæn.d(ə).ɹɪn/ , /ˈmæn.də.ɹɪn/
  • Standard Mandarin, an official language of China and Taiwan, and one of four official languages in Singapore; Putonghua, Guoyu or Huayu.
 mandarin

mandarin noun

  /mæn.dəˈɹɪn/ , /ˈmæn.də.ɹɪn/
  • (historical) A high government bureaucrat of the Chinese Empire. [from 1580s]
 mandarin

mandarinate noun

  • A political form of rule by mandarins.
  • (figuratively) A type of government marked by excessive bureaucracy and Byzantine regulations.
 mandarinat

mandarine

mandarinier

mandarinism

mandarinisme
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