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mandarin
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mandarinism
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- mandarin
['mændərɪn]
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1.
noun
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Mandarin (Chinese) 普通话
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2.
noun
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(Chinese official) 官人
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3.
noun
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[BRIT]
(civil servant) 内务官员
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4.
noun
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(also： mandarin orange) 柑橘
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- mandarin
['mændərɪn]
['mændərɪn]
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1.
noun
国语，普通话
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2.
noun
（中国清朝九品及九品以上的）官吏
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3.
noun
达官贵人
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4.
noun
官话（旧时欧美人指的北京方言）
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5.
noun
柑桔[全称 mandarin orange]
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6.
noun
柑桔树（Citrus reticulata）
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noun
橙色（染料）尤指紧身马褂的
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8.
adjective
中国式服装的；尤指紧身马褂的
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9.
adjective
过分文雅的（作品风格）
Collins English-English Dictionary
- mandarin
['mændərɪn]
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n
(in the Chinese Empire) a member of any of the nine senior grades of the bureaucracy, entered by examinations
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n
a high-ranking official whose powers are extensive and thought to be outside political control
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3.
n
a person of standing and influence, as in literary or intellectual circles
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4.
n
a small citrus tree, Citrus nobilis, cultivated for its edible fruit
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5.
n
the fruit of this tree, resembling the tangerine
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[Etymology]
C16: from Portuguese mandarim, via Malay menteri from Sanskrit mantrin counsellor, from mantra counsel
Examples
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She was sufficiently fluent in mandarin.
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她普通话说的足够流利。
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鸳鸯戏水
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mandarin ducks sporting in water
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有了鸳鸯房作为过渡性用房，他俩马上办了婚事。
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They got married as soon as they obtained a mandarin duck apartment as their temporary home.
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1984年，首都建成了第一栋向大龄青年出售的鸳鸯楼。
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The first "mandarin duck building" with flats for sale to late-married couples was completed in Beijing in 1984.
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她说的不是普通话，而是地方话。
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She is speaking a dialect other than Mandarin.
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她说的普通话略带南方方音。
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She speaks mandarin with a slight southern accent.
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他讲的蓝青官话，实在是不好听。
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He speaks Mandarin with a provincial accent, which is really unpleasant to the ear.
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我一直在统计普通话的普及率。
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I have been working out the popularization rate of mandarin.
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她身穿旗袍，手持檀香扇的样子特别文雅。
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She looks very elegant in a mandarin gown and with a sandalwood fan in her hand.
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