Mandarin Explained

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

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

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

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

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

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

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