Mandarin

//ˈmæn.də.ɹɪn//

Synonyms for "mandarin" (89 found)

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Closest matches (18)

Strong matches (27)

Related words (44)

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8 relation types

More general

9 entries

Synonyms

1 entries

Related terms

3 entries

derived

19 entries

Showing 16 of 19 words.

has context

3 entries

is a

5 entries

receives action

1 entries

related to

23 entries

Showing 16 of 23 words.

Translations

145 translations across 59 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • Mandaryns noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)
  • mandaryn noun (Chinese Imperial bureaucrat)

Arabic

2 entries
  • اَللُّغَة اَلصِّينِيَّة اَلشَّمَالِيَّة noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)
  • مَنْدَرِينِيَّة noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)

Armenian

1 entries
  • մանդարին noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)

Assamese

1 entries
  • মান্য চীনা ভাষা noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • мандари́н noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)
  • мандарин noun (Chinese Imperial bureaucrat)

Catalan

1 entries
  • mandarí noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)

Chinese

4 entries
  • 北方話 /北方话 noun (a branch of the Chinese languages)
  • 國語 /国语 noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)
  • 官話 /官话 noun (a branch of the Chinese languages)
  • 普通話 /普通话 noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)

Chinese Cantonese

4 entries
  • 北方話 /北方话 noun (a branch of the Chinese languages)
  • 國語 /国语 noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)
  • 官 noun (Chinese Imperial bureaucrat)
  • 官話 /官话 noun (a branch of the Chinese languages)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 北方話 /北方话 noun (a branch of the Chinese languages)
  • 國語 /国语 noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)
  • 官 noun (Chinese Imperial bureaucrat)
  • 官話 /官话 noun (a branch of the Chinese languages)

Corsican

1 entries
  • mandarinu noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)

Czech

4 entries
  • mandarín noun (Chinese Imperial bureaucrat)
  • mandarín noun (elitist bureaucrat)
  • mandarín noun (informal: senior civil servant)
  • mandarínština noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)

Danish

2 entries
  • mandarin noun (Chinese Imperial bureaucrat)
  • mandarin noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)

Dutch

3 entries
  • Mandarijn noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)
  • Mandarijnenchinees noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)
  • mandarijn noun (Chinese Imperial bureaucrat)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • Mandarena noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)
  • mandareno noun (Chinese Imperial bureaucrat)

Estonian

1 entries
  • mandariini noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)

Finnish

4 entries
  • aurinkokuningas noun (elitist bureaucrat)
  • aurinkokuningas noun (academic or literary elitist)
  • hallitusherra noun (informal: senior civil servant)
  • mandariini noun (Chinese Imperial bureaucrat)

French

2 entries
  • mandarin noun (Chinese Imperial bureaucrat)
  • mandarin noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)

Galician

3 entries
  • mandarín noun (Chinese Imperial bureaucrat)
  • mandarín noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)
  • mandarín noun (a branch of the Chinese languages)

German

3 entries
  • Hochchinesisch noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)
  • Mandarin noun (Chinese Imperial bureaucrat)
  • Mandarin noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)

Greek

1 entries
  • μανδαρίνος noun (Chinese Imperial bureaucrat)

Hakka Chinese

4 entries
  • 北方話 /北方话 noun (a branch of the Chinese languages)
  • 國語 /国语 noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)
  • 官話 /官话 noun (a branch of the Chinese languages)
  • 普通話 /普通话 noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • מַנְדָּרִינִית noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)

Hindi

1 entries
  • मंदारिन भाषा noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • mandarin noun (Chinese Imperial bureaucrat)
  • mandarin noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)

Ido

1 entries
  • mandareno noun (Chinese Imperial bureaucrat)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • Putonghua noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)
  • bahasa Mandarin noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)
  • mandarin noun (Chinese Imperial bureaucrat)

Irish

4 entries
  • Mandairínis noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)
  • mandairín noun (Chinese Imperial bureaucrat)
  • mandairín noun (elitist bureaucrat)
  • mandairín noun (informal: senior civil servant)

Italian

2 entries
  • mandarino noun (Chinese Imperial bureaucrat)
  • mandarino noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 北京官話 noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)
  • 北京語 noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)
  • 国語 noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)
  • 普通話 noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)

Khmer

1 entries
  • កុកងឺ noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)

Korean

4 entries
  • 관화 noun (a branch of the Chinese languages)
  • 보통화 noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)
  • 북경어 noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)
  • 북방어 noun (a branch of the Chinese languages)

Latin

1 entries
  • lingua Sinensis Mandarinica noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • мандари́н noun (Chinese Imperial bureaucrat)
  • мандари́нски noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)

Malay

4 entries
  • bahasa Cina noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)
  • bahasa Mandarin noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)
  • bahasa Mandarin Baku noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)
  • menteri noun (Chinese Imperial bureaucrat)

Navajo

1 entries
  • Mééndawin noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • mandarin noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • mandarin noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • mandarin noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)

Persian

1 entries
  • ماندارین noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)

Polish

3 entries
  • mandaryn noun (Chinese Imperial bureaucrat)
  • mandaryński noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)
  • mandaryński noun (a branch of the Chinese languages)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • mandarim noun (Chinese Imperial bureaucrat)
  • mandarim noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)

Romanian

3 entries
  • mandarin noun (Chinese Imperial bureaucrat)
  • mandarin noun (elitist bureaucrat)
  • mandarin noun (academic or literary elitist)

Russian

4 entries
  • гуаньхуа́ noun (a branch of the Chinese languages)
  • литерату́рный кита́йский noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)
  • мандари́н noun (Chinese Imperial bureaucrat)
  • мандари́н noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • Mandairinis noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • mandarinski noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)
  • mandàrīn noun (Chinese Imperial bureaucrat)
  • манда̀рӣн noun (Chinese Imperial bureaucrat)
  • мандарински noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • mandarinu noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)

Slovak

1 entries
  • mandarínčina noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)

Slovene

1 entries
  • mandarinščina noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)

Spanish

2 entries
  • chino mandarín noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)
  • mandarín noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)

Swahili

1 entries
  • Kimandarini noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)

Swedish

3 entries
  • mandarin noun (Chinese Imperial bureaucrat)
  • mandarin noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)
  • mandarinkinesiska noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • Mandarin noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)

Tamil

3 entries
  • சீனம் noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)
  • மாண்டரின் noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)
  • மாண்டரின் noun (a branch of the Chinese languages)

Thai

1 entries
  • ภาษาจีนกลาง noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)

Turkish

1 entries
  • Çince noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • خەنزۇچە noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • Bắc phương thoại noun (a branch of the Chinese languages)
  • quan noun (Chinese Imperial bureaucrat)
  • tiếng Bắc Kinh noun (a branch of the Chinese languages)
  • tiếng Quan thoại noun (a branch of the Chinese languages)

Wu Chinese

4 entries
  • 北方閒話 /北方闲话 noun (a branch of the Chinese languages)
  • 國語 /国语 noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)
  • 官話 /官话 noun (a branch of the Chinese languages)
  • 普通閒話 /普通闲话 noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)

Zhuang

1 entries
  • Vahbujdungh noun (Standard Mandarin — see also Chinese)

Sample sentences

22 total sentences available.

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He has made great progress in speaking Mandarin.

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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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