Mandarin

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Mandarin or The Mandarin may refer to:

Language

  • Mandarin Chinese, branch of Chinese originally spoken in northern parts of the country
    • Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Mandarin, the official language of China
    • Taiwanese Mandarin, Standard Chinese as spoken in Taiwan
  • Mandarin (late imperial lingua franca), the spoken standard of the Ming and Qing dynasties of China

Biological species

  • Mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata), a sweet, orange-like citrus fruit
  • Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata), a perching duck species found in East Asia
  • Mandarin dogfish, two species of small shark in the genus Cirrhigaleus off East Asian coast
  • Mandarinfish (disambiguation), various fishes
  • Mandarin vole (Lasiopodomys mandarinus), a species of vole found in China and the Korean Peninsula
  • Spotted mandarin (disambiguation), various species

Arts, entertainment, and media

  • The Miraculous Mandarin, a one-act pantomime ballet composed by Béla Bartók
  • Mandarin (character), a supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe
    • Wenwu, a version of the Mandarin in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
    • Trevor Slattery, a version of the Mandarin in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
    • Aldrich Killian (Marvel Cinematic Universe), a version of the Mandarin in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
  • Mandarin (SRMTHFG), a character in the animated TV series Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!
  • Mandarins Drum and Bugle Corps, a drum and bugle corps from Sacramento, California, United States
  • The Mandarin (website), an Australian online magazine
  • MTV Mandarin, a 24-hour music channel owned by MTV Networks Asia Pacific

Novels

  • The Mandarin (novel), an 1880 novel by the Portuguese writer José Maria de Eça de Queirós
  • The Mandarins, 1954 novel by Simone de Beauvoir
  • Mandarin (Elegant novel), a 1983 novel by Robert Elegant
  • Mandarin (Havan novel), a 2008 novel by John Havan

Clothing

  • Mandarin gown or cheongsam, a Chinese style of dress
  • Mandarin collar, a short shirt or jacket collar that is not folded from Qing era China
  • Mandarin square, a badge worn by officials in Imperial China

Companies

  • Mandarin Airlines, a subsidiary of China Airlines
  • The Mandarin, former name of Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong, a Hong Kong hotel
  • Mandarin Films, a film production company of Hong Kong
  • Mandarin Restaurant, an all-you-can-eat Chinese-Canadian buffet chain in Ontario, Canada
  • Mandarin Software, a British software developer / publisher

Other uses

  • Mandarin (bureaucrat), a bureaucrat of Imperial China (the original meaning of the word)
    • by extension, any senior government bureaucrat
  • Mandarin cuisine, another name for Beijing cuisine
  • Mandarin (Jacksonville), a 19th-century community, since absorbed into the city limits of Jacksonville, United States
    • Mandarin High School, a high school in the southern part of Jacksonville, Florida, United States
  • Mandarin porcelain, a wide range of porcelain that was made and decorated in China exclusively for export to Europe and later to North America
  • Mandarin paradox, an ethical parable

See also

  • Mandarina, a genus of land snail
  • Korean mandarin (disambiguation)
  • Mandrin (disambiguation)
  • Mantri, an Indian title for ministers, the etymon for Mandarin
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