mandarim
Portuguese, noun/mɐ̃.daˈɾĩ/
mandarim is spelled M-A-N-D-A-R-I-M (8 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 25,237th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mandarim is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “mandarin (a high government bureaucrat of Imperial China)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “funcionário público de alto escalão durante o Império Chinês”.
What does mandarim mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemandarin (a high government bureaucrat of Imperial China)
- 2
masculineMandarin (the official language of China and Taiwan)
O mandarim é a língua mais falada do mundo.
noun
- 1
masculinezebra finch
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. funcionário público de alto escalão durante o Império Chinês 2. pessoa importante 3. principal grupo de dialetos falado na China 4. pessoa mandona
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of mandarim
- mandarins plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mandarim?
- Brazil /mɐ̃.daˈɾĩ/
- Portugal /mɐ̃.dɐˈɾĩ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mandarim
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mandarim in Portuguese?
mandarim appears 1.6 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).