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How to pronounce “mandarin”
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Pronunciation guide for mandarin
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of mandarin with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- How to American
and then I watch shows in Mandarin.
- Definition summary
- (historical) A high government bureaucrat of the Chinese Empire. [from 1580s]
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How to pronounce mandarin
How to American
and then I watch shows in Mandarin.
Example Sentences
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Meaning
- [Noun]
- (historical) A high government bureaucrat of the Chinese Empire. [from 1580s]
- A pedantic or elitist bureaucrat.
- (sometimes derogatory) A pedantic senior person of influence in academia or literary circles.
- (ornithology) Ellipsis of mandarin duck.
- (informal, British) A senior civil servant.
- A figurine of a Chinese person with movable head that was popular in the 1950s. (Cf. bobblehead.)
- [Adjective]
- Pertaining to or reminiscent of mandarins; deliberately superior or complex; esoteric, highbrow, obscurantist. [from 20th c.]
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