Mandarin or The Mandarin may refer to:

Language

Mandarin Chinese Mandarin (; ) is a group of Chinese (Sinitic) dialects that are natively spoken across most of northern and southwestern China. The group includes the Beijing dialect, the basis of the phonology of Standard Chinese, the official language ...

, branch of Chinese originally spoken in northern parts of the country **

Standard Chinese Standard Chinese ()—in linguistics Standard Northern Mandarin or Standard Beijing Mandarin, in common speech simply Mandarin, better qualified as Standard Mandarin, Modern Standard Mandarin or Standard Mandarin Chinese—is a modern standa ...

or Modern Standard Mandarin, the official language of China **

Taiwanese Mandarin Taiwanese Mandarin, ''Guoyu'' ( zh, s=, t=國語, p=Guóyǔ, l=National Language, first=t) or ''Huayu'' ( zh, s=, t=華語, p=Huáyǔ, first=t, l=Mandarin Language, labels=no) refers to Mandarin Chinese spoken in Taiwan. A large majority of the T ...

, Standard Chinese as spoken in Taiwan *

Mandarin (late imperial lingua franca) Mandarin () was the common spoken language of administration of the Chinese empire during the Ming and Qing dynasties. It arose as a practical measure, to circumvent the mutual unintelligibility of the varieties of Chinese spoken in different pa ...

, the spoken standard of the Ming and Qing dynasties of China

Biological species

Mandarin orange The mandarin orange (''Citrus reticulata''), also known as the mandarin or mandarine, is a small citrus tree fruit. Treated as a distinct species of orange, it is usually eaten plain or in fruit salads. Tangerines are a group of orange-colou ...

(''Citrus reticulata''), a sweet, orange-like citrus fruit *

Mandarin duck The mandarin duck (''Aix galericulata'') is a perching duck species native to the East Palearctic. It is medium-sized, at long with a wingspan. It is closely related to the North American wood duck, the only other member of the genus ''Aix'' ...

(''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 The mandarin vole (''Lasiopodomys mandarinus'') is a species of vole found in central China as well as the southern and central Korean Peninsula Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divid ...

(''Lasiopodomys mandarinus''), a species of vole found in China and the Korean Peninsula * Spotted mandarin (disambiguation), various species

Arts, entertainment, and media

* '' The Miraculous Mandarin'', a one-act pantomime ballet composed by Béla Bartók *

Mandarin (character) The Mandarin is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is the archenemy of Iron Man. The character was created by Stan Lee and designed by Don Heck, first appearing in '' Tales of Suspense'' #50 (Feb. 1964 ...

, a supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe * Mandarin (SRMTHFG), a character in the animated TV series ''Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!'' * ''The Mandarin'' (website), an Australian online magazine *

MTV Mandarin MTV Mandarin is a 24-hour music channel that airs Chinese and international music programs owned by Paramount Networks EMEAA. One of the first three MTV Asia channels along with MTV Asia and MTV India. MTV Mandarin has two different feeds (Taiwan ...

, a 24-hour music channel owned by MTV Networks Asia Pacific

Novels

* ''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

Clothing

* Mandarin gown or cheongsam, a Chinese style of dress *

Mandarin collar A mandarin collar, standing collar, band collar or choker collar is a short unfolded stand-up collar style on a shirt or jacket. The style derives its Western name from the mandarin bureaucrats in Qing-era China that employed it as part of th ...

, a short shirt or jacket collar that is not folded from Qing era China *

Mandarin square A mandarin square ( zh, t=補子, s=补子, hp=bŭzi, w=putzŭ; mnc, m=, v=sabirgi; vi, Bổ tử; Chữ Nho: 補子; ko, 흉배/胸背, hyungbae), also known as a rank badge, was a large embroidered badge sewn onto the surcoat of officials ...

, a badge worn by officials in Imperial China

Companies

Mandarin Airlines Mandarin Airlines () is a Taiwanese regional airline based in Taipei, Taiwan, whose parent company is China Airlines. The airline operates domestic and regional international flights, while its parent company focuses on international operations. ...

, a subsidiary of China Airlines * The Mandarin, former name of

Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong The Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong is a five-star hotel on Connaught Road Central in Central, Hong Kong, owned and managed by Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group. History Construction of the hotel on the site of the colonial Queen's Building on ...

, a Hong Kong hotel *

Mandarin Films Mandarin Films Distribution Co. Ltd or Mandarin Cinema (東方電影發行有限公司), formerly known as Mandarin Films Ltd. (東方電影出品有限公司), was a Hong Kong film production company and distributor. It was established in 1991 ...

, a film production company of Hong Kong *

Mandarin Publishing Random House is an American book publisher and the largest general-interest paperback publisher in the world. The company has several independently managed subsidiaries around the world. It is part of Penguin Random House, which is owned by Germ ...

, a publishing unit of Random House * Mandarin Restaurant, an all-you-can-eat Chinese-Canadian buffet chain in Ontario, Canada *

Mandarin Software Europress was a British magazine and software publisher based in Adlington, near Macclesfield, Cheshire. Their magazine publishing business was previously known as Database Publications. The software division was renamed in 1999 to Actualize. His ...

, a British software developer / publisher

Other uses

Mandarin (bureaucrat) A mandarin () was a bureaucrat scholar in the history of China, Korea and Vietnam. The term is generally applied to the officials appointed through the imperial examination system; it sometimes includes the eunuchs also involved in the ...

, a bureaucrat of Imperial China (the original meaning of the word) ** by extension, any senior government

bureaucrat A bureaucrat is a member of a bureaucracy and can compose the administration of any organization of any size, although the term usually connotes someone within an institution of government. The term ''bureaucrat'' derives from "bureaucracy", w ...

* Mandarin cuisine, another name for

Beijing cuisine Beijing cuisine, also known as Jing cuisine, Mandarin cuisine and Peking cuisine and formerly as Beiping cuisine, is the local cuisine of Beijing, the national capital of China. Background As Beijing has been the capital of China for centuries, ...

* Mandarin (Jacksonville), a 19th-century community, since absorbed into the city limits of Jacksonville, United States **

Mandarin High School Mandarin High School (MHS) is a public high school in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. It was established in 1990 and is part of the Duval County Public Schools district. As of 2010, it is the second-largest high school in Duval County fol ...

, a high school in the southern part of Jacksonville, Florida, United States *

Mandarins Drum and Bugle Corps The Mandarins Drum and Bugle Corps is a World Class competitive drum and bugle corps. Based in Sacramento, California, the Mandarins is a member corps of Drum Corps International (DCI). Holders of eight DCI divisional championship titles, the ...

, a drum and bugle corps from Sacramento, California, 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