Masculine
mandarim
Sentences
Quantas pessoas falam mandarim 🍊 ?
🍊
How many people speak Mandarin?
Meaning
- (historical, masculine) mandarin (a high government bureaucrat of Imperial China)
- (masculine, uncountable) Mandarin (the official language of China and Taiwan)
Concepts
Poephila castanotis
Beijing dialect
Mandarin dialect
Synonyms
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/mɐ̃.daˈɾĩ/
Etymology
In summary
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-Iranian *mántras Sanskrit मन्त्र॑ (mántra) Sanskrit -इन् (-in) Sanskrit म॒न्त्रिन् (mantrín)bor. Malay menteribor. Portuguese mandarim From Malay menteri, manteri, from Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (mantrin, “minister, councillor”), from मन्त्र (mantra, “counsel, maxim, mantra”) + -इन् (-in, “an agent suffix”). Compare also bailarim, an alternative form of bailarino.
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