# Mandarin

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**Mandarin** or **The Mandarin** may refer to:

## Language

- [Mandarin Chinese](/source/Mandarin_Chinese), branch of Chinese originally spoken in northern parts of the country - [Standard Chinese](/source/Standard_Chinese) or Modern Standard Mandarin, the official language of China - [Taiwanese Mandarin](/source/Taiwanese_Mandarin), Standard Mandarin as spoken in Taiwan - [Singaporean Mandarin](/source/Singaporean_Mandarin), Standard Mandarin as spoken in Singapore - [Old Mandarin](/source/Old_Mandarin) or Early Mandarin was the speech of northern China during the Jurchen-ruled [Jin dynasty](/source/Jin_dynasty_(1115%E2%80%931234)) and the Mongol-led [Yuan dynasty](/source/Yuan_dynasty) (12th to 14th centuries). - [Mandarin (late imperial lingua franca)](/source/Mandarin_(late_imperial_lingua_franca)), the spoken standard of the Ming and Qing dynasties of China

## Biological species

- [Mandarin orange](/source/Mandarin_orange) (*Citrus reticulata*), a sweet, orange lookalike
- [Mandarin duck](/source/Mandarin_duck) (*Aix galericulata*), a perching duck species found in East Asia
- [Mandarin dogfish](/source/Mandarin_dogfish), two species of small shark in the genus *Cirrhigaleus* off East Asian coast
- [Mandarinfish (disambiguation)](/source/Mandarinfish_(disambiguation)), various fishes
- [Mandarin vole](/source/Mandarin_vole) (*Lasiopodomys mandarinus*), a species of vole found in China and the Korean Peninsula
- [Spotted mandarin (disambiguation)](/source/Spotted_mandarin_(disambiguation)), various species

## Arts, entertainment, and media

- *[The Miraculous Mandarin](/source/The_Miraculous_Mandarin)*, a one-act pantomime ballet composed by Béla Bartók
- [Mandarin (character)](/source/Mandarin_(character)), a supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe - [Wenwu](/source/Wenwu), a version of the Mandarin in the Marvel Cinematic Universe - [Trevor Slattery](/source/Trevor_Slattery), a version of the Mandarin in the Marvel Cinematic Universe - [Aldrich Killian (Marvel Cinematic Universe)](/source/Aldrich_Killian_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)), a version of the Mandarin in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
- [Mandarin (SRMTHFG)](/source/Mandarin_(SRMTHFG)), a character in the animated TV series *Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!*
- [Mandarins Drum and Bugle Corps](/source/Mandarins_Drum_and_Bugle_Corps), a drum and bugle corps from Sacramento, California, United States
- [*The Mandarin* (website)](/source/The_Mandarin_(website)), an Australian online magazine
- [MTV Mandarin](/source/MTV_Mandarin), a 24-hour music channel owned by MTV Networks Asia Pacific

### Novels

- [*The Mandarin* (novel)](/source/The_Mandarin_(novel)), an 1880 novel by the Portuguese writer José Maria de Eça de Queirós
- *[The Mandarins](/source/The_Mandarins)*, 1954 novel by Simone de Beauvoir
- [*Mandarin* (Elegant novel)](/source/Mandarin_(Elegant_novel)), a 1983 novel by Robert Elegant
- [*Mandarin* (Havan novel)](/source/Mandarin_(Havan_novel)), a 2008 novel by John Havan

## Clothing

- [Mandarin gown](/source/Mandarin_gown) or cheongsam, a Chinese style of dress
- [Mandarin collar](/source/Mandarin_collar), a short shirt or jacket collar that is not folded from Qing era China
- [Mandarin square](/source/Mandarin_square), a badge worn by officials in Imperial China

## Companies

- [Mandarin Airlines](/source/Mandarin_Airlines), a subsidiary of China Airlines
- The Mandarin, former name of [Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong](/source/Mandarin_Oriental,_Hong_Kong), a Hong Kong hotel
- [Mandarin Films](/source/Mandarin_Films), a film production company of Hong Kong
- [Mandarin Restaurant](/source/Mandarin_Restaurant), an all-you-can-eat Chinese-Canadian buffet chain in Ontario, Canada
- [Mandarin Software](/source/Mandarin_Software), a British software developer / publisher

## Other uses

- [Mandarin (bureaucrat)](/source/Mandarin_(bureaucrat)), a bureaucrat of Imperial China (the original meaning of the word) - by extension, any senior government [bureaucrat](/source/Bureaucrat)
- Mandarin cuisine, another name for [Beijing cuisine](/source/Beijing_cuisine)
- [Mandarin (Jacksonville)](/source/Mandarin_(Jacksonville)), a 19th-century community, since absorbed into the city limits of Jacksonville, United States - [Mandarin High School](/source/Mandarin_High_School), a high school in the southern part of Jacksonville, Florida, United States
- [Mandarin porcelain](/source/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](/source/Mandarin_paradox), an ethical parable

## See also

- *[Mandarina](/source/Mandarina)*, a genus of land snail
- [Korean mandarin (disambiguation)](/source/Korean_mandarin_(disambiguation))
- [Mandrin (disambiguation)](/source/Mandrin_(disambiguation))
- [Mantri](/source/Mantri), an Indian title for ministers, the etymon for Mandarin

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