Mandarin
WordNet
noun
(1) The dialect of Chinese spoken in Beijing and adopted as the official language for all of China
(2) A somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China
(3) A high public official of imperial China
(4) Any high government official or bureaucrat
(5) A member of an elite intellectual or cultural group
(6) 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
WiktionaryText
Proper noun
- The official language of the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China on Taiwan, and one of four official languages in Singapore.
Synonyms
- Mandarin Chinese
- Standard Mandarin
- Standard Spoken Chinese
- Standard Chinese
- Putonghua
- Guoyu