Mandarin
21mandarin — I. noun Etymology: Portuguese mandarim, from Malay mĕntĕri, from Sanskrit mantrin counselor, from mantra counsel more at mantra Date: 1589 1. a. a public official in the Chinese Empire of any of nine superior grades b. (1) a pedantic official (2) …
22mandarin — 1. n. 1 (Mandarin) the most widely spoken form of Chinese and the official language of China. 2 hist. a Chinese official in any of nine grades of the pre Communist civil service. 3 a a party leader; a bureaucrat. b a powerful member of the… …
23Mandarin — 1. n. 1 (Mandarin) the most widely spoken form of Chinese and the official language of China. 2 hist. a Chinese official in any of nine grades of the pre Communist civil service. 3 a a party leader; a bureaucrat. b a powerful member of the… …
24mandarin — MANDARÍN1, mandarini, s.m. Demnitar indigen din Indochina; funcţionar public (înalt) din China feudală. – Din fr. mandarin. Trimis de claudia, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98 MANDARÍN2, mandarini, Arbust fructifer cu flori albe, cultivat în regiunile …
25Mandarín — (Del port. mandarim < malayo mantari < sánscrito mantrinan, ministro de estado.) ► sustantivo masculino 1 HISTORIA Alto funcionario que gobernaba una ciudad o administraba justicia, en China y otros países asiáticos. 2 coloquial Persona que …
26mandarin — (man da rin) 1° s. m. Titre que l on donne aux officiers civils et militaires de la Chine et qui est étranger à la langue chinoise. Arbre des mandarins, arbre propre à la Cochinchine, du port et de l aspect de nos tilleuls et donnant une… …
27mandarin — [[t]mæ̱ndərɪn[/t]] mandarins 1) N COUNT: usu supp N Journalists sometimes use mandarin to refer to someone who has an important job in the Civil Service. [BRIT] ...Foreign Office mandarins. ...the latest evidence of the mandarins power over their …
28mandarin — /man deuh rin/, n. 1. (in the Chinese Empire) a member of any of the nine ranks of public officials, each distinguished by a particular kind of button worn on the cap. 2. (cap.) the standard Chinese language. 3. (cap.) a northern Chinese dialect …
29mandarin — UK [ˈmændərɪn] / US noun [countable] Word forms mandarin : singular mandarin plural mandarins 1) a senior official in the civil service (= government departments) This word often shows that you think officials like these have too much power a… …
30Mandarin — noun /ˈmæn.dər.ɪn,ˈmæn.dɚ.ɪn/ a) Standard Mandarin, the official language of China and Taiwan, and one of four official languages in Singapore; Putonghua, Guoyu or Huayu …
