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
a member of an elite intellectual or cultural group
any high government official or bureaucrat
a high public official of imperial China
a somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China
the dialect of Chinese spoken in Beijing and adopted as the official language for all of China
双语例句
1. Measures are taken to battle rising mandarin crime.
已经采取了措施来打击官员中不断上升的犯罪行为.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. Mandarin Chinese has four tones.
汉语有四声.
来自辞典例句
3. I speak the Shanghai dialect and the Mandarin.
我会讲上海话,普通话.
来自辞典例句
4. It was not long before he spoke Mandarin, with a trace of the soft Soochow tones.
没有多久,他就说上一口北京话, 带有一些甜丝丝的苏州音.
来自辞典例句
5. Chinese immigrants should count their Blessings if their children could speak Mandarin.
那些移民的子女,能讲华语的就已算庆幸.
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用作名词 (n.)
Of course I can speak Mandarin. 中国话我自然会说。
she was sufficiently fluent in Mandarin. 她普通话说得十分流利。
The foreigner can speak good Mandarin. 这个外国人国语说得很好。
That's why we need more Mandarin and Cantonese speakers on the staff. 这就是为什麽我们需要更多会说国语和广东话的员工。
