Mandarin

Mandarin has a number of meanings: *An Imperial Chinese bureaucrat, see mandarin (China), and in the United Kingdom, by analogy, any government bureaucrat. *The Mandarin (linguistics) dialects of spoken Chinese, or more specifically, its standardized dialect, Standard Mandarin. *Mandarin (comics) is a supervillain in the Marvel Comics Marvel Universe, one of the major archenemies of Iron Man. *The Mandarin, a hotel in Hong Kong, now known as the ''Mandarin Oriental'', and the founding member of the Mandarin Oriental hotel group, a part of Jardines. It is the location of the famous Captains Bar. *The duck, Mandarin duck, ''Aix galericulata''. *The fish, Mandarin fish, ''Siniperca chuatsi''. *The fruit mandarin orange, ''Citrus reticulata''. *The novel, ''The Mandarins'', by Simone de Beauvoir. Most English dictionaries state that the etymology of the Mandarin comes from Portuguese ''mandarim'', from Malay ''menteri'', from Sanskrit ''mantrin'' counselor, from ''mantra'' counsel. Other folk sources state, often whimsically, that it was based on the Chinese word "Man Da Ren" (滿大人) or Manchu officer (from government).

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