mandarín
Spanish, noun/mandaˈɾin/
mandarín is spelled M-A-N-D-A-R-Í-N (8 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 21,583rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mandarín is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “Mandarin (language)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Por extensión, persona influyente en los círculos intelectuales y artísticos”.
What does mandarín mean in English?
adjective
- 1
mandarin (referring to the language or historically the high government bureaucrats of Imperial China)
noun
- 1
masculineMandarin (language)
noun
- 1
masculinemandarin (a high government bureaucrat of Imperial China)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Funcionario superior de la antigua administración imperial de China 2. Por extensión, persona influyente en los círculos intelectuales y artísticos 3. Lengua sino-tibetana oficial de la República Popular de China, Taiwán y Singapur basada en el dialecto de Beijing y establecida como lingua franca en gran parte del lejano oriente
adjective: 1. Propio de o relativo a los mandarines 2. Propio de o relativo al chino mandarín
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of mandarín
- mandarina feminine
- mandarines masculine plural
- mandarinas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mandarín?
- /mandaˈɾin/
- [mãn̪.d̪aˈɾĩn]
- [mãn̪d̪aˈɾĩn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mandarín in Spanish?
mandarín appears 2.1 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).