Standard Mandarin, an official language of China and Taiwan, and one of four official languages in Singapore; Putonghua, Guoyu or Huayu.

A branch of the Chinese languages, consisting of many dialects; Guanhua or Beifanghua.

(historical) A high government bureaucrat of the Chinese Empire.

A pedantic or elitist bureaucrat.

(often derogatory) A pedantic senior person of influence in academia or literary circles.

(ornithology) Ellipsis of mandarin duck.

(informal, Britain) A senior civil servant.

A small, sweet citrus fruit that comes from a tree of the species citrus reticulata.

(color) An orange colour.

Pertaining to or reminiscent of mandarins; deliberately superior or complex; esoteric, highbrow, obscurantist.