Mandarin
Standard Mandarin, an official language of China and Taiwan, and one of four official…Standard Mandarin, an official language of China and Taiwan, and one of four official languages in Singapore; Putonghua, Guoyu or Huayu.
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Meaning
2 sensesStandard Mandarin, an official language of China and Taiwan, and one of four official languages in Singapore; Putonghua, Guoyu or Huayu.
Mandarin, Hochchinesisch
путунхуа́putunxuá, мандари́нmandarín, литерату́рный кита́йскийliteratúrnyj kitájskij
A branch of the Chinese languages, consisting of many dialects; Guanhua or Beifanghua.
мандари́нmandarín, гуаньхуа́guanʹxuá
Examples
92 sentencesWhat's the difference between a tangerine and a mandarin orange?
There are many different kinds of mandarin oranges. I can't decide which to buy.
Mandarin oranges are rich in vitamins.
Mandarin is spoken by more people than any other language.
ruНа путунхуа говорит больше человек, чем на любом другом языке. — odexed
deMandarin wird von mehr Menschen gesprochen, als jede andere Sprache. — Melang
They sell apples, mandarins, eggs and so on.
Вони продають яблука, мандарини, яйця, і так далі. — deniko
Translations
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Origin
Calque from Chinese 官話／官话 (Guānhuà, “spoken language of the mandarins”). An extension of mCalque from Chinese 官話／官话 (Guānhuà, “spoken language of the mandarins”). An extension of mandarin (“bureaucrat of the Chinese Empire”) to the language used by the imperial court and sometimes by imperial officials elsewhere. As such, it was adopted as a synonym for Modern Standard Chinese in the 20th century. The term became ambiguous, however, as its use was extended to the various Northern dialects of Chinese.
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