He has made great progress in speaking Mandarin.
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Mandarin
/ˈmæn.də.ɹɪn/
Synonyms for "mandarin" (95 found)
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Closest matches (19)
Noun(6 words)
Strong matches (29)
elderelder statesmanelitistenglishfunctionaryfunctionnairegreat soulguruhighbrowilluminateintellectintellectualintellectualistjack-in-officelanguageliteratelover of wisdommahatmaman of intellectman of wisdom
Noun(9 words)
functionarylanguage-relatedlinguisticmandarin chinesemandarin dialectmandarin languagemandarin orangemandarin orange treemandarin oranges
Related words (47)
mastermastermindmentormogulname droppername-dropperoffice-bearerofficeholderofficerofficialofficiaryoraclepedanticpetty tyrantphilosopherpigmentplacemanprigprofessorialpublic official
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11 entriesMandarin grammarMandarin tonesMandarin vocabularyNorthern MandarinTaiwanese Mandarincourt officialimperial adviserorange hueorange shadeseeded mandarinseedless mandarin
Collocations
6 entriesStandard Mandarincourt officialimperial adviserimperial mandarinsmandarin languagemandarin orange
Inflections
2 entriesmandarin orangesmandarins
Derivations
1 entriesSample sentences
22 total sentences available.
This isn't Mandarin, it's Shanghainese.
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Even people with perfect pitch sometimes have a hard time with Mandarin, let alone Cantonese.
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Beijingers speak Mandarin with a roll in the tongue that no Southerner could ever utter.
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