| 释义 |
mandarin /manˈdə-rin, -rēn/ noun- A member of any of nine ranks of officials under the Chinese Empire (historical)
- A statuette of a seated Chinese figure, often with a movable head (a nodding mandarin)
- (with cap) the most widely spoken form of Chinese, the official language of China
- A high-ranking official or bureaucrat
- A person of standing in the literary world, often one who tends to be reactionary or pedantic
- (also manˈdarine or mandarin orange) a small kind of orange (of Chinese origin)
- Its colour
- The tree yielding this fruit
- A liqueur
adjective- Relating to a mandarin or mandarins
- (of style or language) formal and ornate
ORIGIN: Port mandarim, from Malay (from Hindi) mantrī counsellor, from Sans mantra counsel manˈdarinate noun - The rank or office of a mandarin
- Mandarins as a group
mandarin collar or mandarin neck noun A high, narrow, stand-up collar, the front ends of which do not quite meet mandarin duck noun A crested Asiatic duck (Aix galericulata) |