mandarín

Meaning

Adj

mandarin (referring to the language or historically the high government bureaucrats of Imperial China)

Noun

Mandarin (language)

Noun

mandarin (a high government bureaucrat of Imperial China)

Concepts

mandarin

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Mandarin

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Chinese

🇨🇳/🇲🇴

Mandarin Chinese

Guanhua

mandarin fish

Standard Mandarin

standard Mandarin

power-hungry man

Synonyms

chino mandarín

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dialecto mandarín

mandón

Translations

mandarin

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Mandarin

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mandarino

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Mandarijns

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mandarí

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mandarijn

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mandarim

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μανδαρίνος

lingua Sinensis Mandarinica

Mandarim

المندرينية

Mandarijn

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Hyphenated as

man‧da‧rín

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mandaˈɾin/

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese: mandarim

In summary

Borrowed from Portuguese mandarim, mandari, from Malay menteri, manteri, from Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (mantrin, “minister, councillor”), from मन्त्र (mantra, “counsel, maxim, mantra”) + -इन् (-in, an agent suffix).