Mandarin
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Mandarin may refer to any of the following:
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Officials
- Mandarin (bureaucrat), a bureaucrat of Imperial China (the original meaning of the word), Vietnam, and by analogy, any senior government bureaucrat
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Language
- Standard Chinese, also known as Putonghua, the official language of the People's Republic of China (mainland China) and the Republic of China (Taiwan) where it is known as Guoyu
- Mandarin Chinese, the branch of Chinese dialects which includes the dialect of Beijing
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Clothing
- Mandarin dress, a style of clothing derived from Manchurian garb
- Mandarin collar, a short shirt or jacket collar that is not folded
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Biology
- Mandarin Duck, Aix galericulata
- Mandarin fish, Siniperca chuatsi
- Mandarin dogfish, two species of small shark in the genus Cirrhigaleus
- Mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata), a sweet, orange-like citrus fruit
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Companies
- Mandarin Airlines, a subsidiary of China Airlines
- The Mandarin, former name of Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong, a Hong Kong hotel
- Mandarin Publishing, a publishing unit of Random House
- Mandarin Restaurant, a chain of all-you-can-eat buffets in Southern Ontario, Canada
- Mandarin Software, a British software developer
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Other
- Mandarin (comics), a supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe
- 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
- Mandarin (novel), a 1983 novel by Robert Elegant
- Mandarin (SRMTHFG), a character in the animated TV series Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!
- The Mandarins, 1954 novel by Simone de Beauvoir
- Mandarins Drum and Bugle Corps, a drum and bugle corps from Sacramento, California
- Mandarin porcelain, a wide range of porcelain that was made and decorated in China exclusively for export to Europe and later to North America
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See also
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