The dialect of Chinese spoken in Beijing and adopted as the official language for all of China
English: Mandarin, Mandarin Chinese, Mandarin dialect, Beijing dialect
Bahasa: Bahasa Mandarin
mandarinEnglish
mandarin, mandarin orange, Beijing dialect, Citrus nobilis, Citrus reticulata
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Noun
Shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed, native to southeastern Asia
English: mandarin, mandarin orange, mandarin orange tree, Citrus reticulata
A somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China
English: mandarin, mandarin orange
4 more noun senses
A member of an elite intellectual or cultural group
English: mandarin
Any high government official or bureaucrat
English: mandarin
A high public official of imperial China
English: mandarin
Large citrus tree having large sweet deep orange fruit that is easily peeled, widely cultivated in Florida
English: temple orange, temple orange tree, tangor, king orange, Citrus nobilis
Bahasa: jeruk keprok, limau manis
Less certain link between this word and this sense.