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Mandarin

Mandarin may refer to any of the following:

Language

Mandarin Chinese, a branch of the Chinese languages, consisting of many dialects
Standard Mandarin, one of the dialects of Mandarin Chinese

Officials

Mandarin (bureaucrat), a bureaucrat of Imperial China, Vietnam and by analogy, any government bureaucrat

Clothing

Mandarin dress, a style of clothing derived from Manchurian garb
Mandarin collar, a short shirt or jacket collar that is not folded

Biology

Mandarin Duck, Aix galericulata
Mandarin fish, Siniperca chuatsi
Mandarin dogfish, two species of small shark in the genus Cirrhigaleus
Mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata), a sweet, orange-like citrus fruit

Companies

Mandarin Airlines, a subsidiary of China Airlines
The Mandarin, former name of Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong, a Hong Kong hotel
Mandarin Publishing, a publishing unit of Random House
Mandarin Restaurant, a chain of all-you-can-eat buffets in Southern Ontario, Canada
Mandarin Software, a British software developer

Other

Mandarin (comics), a supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe
Mandarin High School, a high school in the southern part of Jacksonville Florida
Mandarin Mix-Up, a 1924 film starring Stan Laurel
Mandarin (novel), a 1983 novel by Robert Elegant
Mandarin (SRMTHFG), a character in the animated TV series Super Robot Monkey Team Hyper Force Go!
The Miraculous Mandarin, a one act pantomime ballet composed by Béla Bartók between 1918–1924.
The Mandarins, 1954 novel by Simone de Beauvoir
Mandarins Drum and Bugle Corps, a drum and bugle corps from Sacramento, California

Places

Mandarin, Jacksonville, Florida, a 19th century community, since absorbed into the city limits of Jacksonville, United States

Source: Wikipedia

Translation

The word "Mandarin" occurs as such in the following languages: English, German, French, Norwegian (Bokmål), Swedish.

Translation(s) in other languages: Danish: Mandarin (flertydig), Hebrew: מנדרין, Dutch: Mandarijn, Japanese: マンダリン, Norwegian (Nynorsk): Mandarin (fleirtyding), Portuguese: Mandarim, Russian: Мандарин (значения), Finnish: Mandariini (täsmennyssivu), Thai: แมนดาริน.


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