āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
mandarin
/ËmÃĻndÉrÉĒn/
Mandarin
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āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¨, āĻā§āĻ¨āĻž āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¨
China's official language, which is the standard form of Chinese
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He practiced speaking Mandarin with a tutor to improve his language skills.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻžāĻ° āĻĻāĻā§āĻˇāĻ¤āĻž āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻļā§āĻ˛āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻŽāĻ˛āĻž, āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻŽā§āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻžāĻāĻ¨
a small orange-like fruit with easily removable skin
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She enjoyed a mandarin as a healthy and convenient snack between meals.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻĨā§āĻ¯āĻāĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻāĻ¨āĻ āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻž āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸āĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻ˛āĻž āĻāĻĒāĻā§āĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
03
āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¨, āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽā§āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§ āĻā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻĒāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āĻĨ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻž
a high public official of imperial China
04
āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¨, āĻāĻā§āĻ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻž
any high government official or bureaucrat
05
āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¨, āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻŋāĻā§āĻŦā§
a member of an elite intellectual or cultural group
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āĻāĻŽāĻ˛āĻž āĻāĻžāĻ, āĻāĻŽāĻ˛āĻž
shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to southeastern Asia
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
