mandarin mandarin /ˈmændɝən/

noun

1. A somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China  ( mandarin , mandarin orange )
   a somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China
   
   
2. A high public official of imperial China  ( mandarin )
   a high public official of imperial China
   
3. Any high government official or bureaucrat  ( mandarin )
   any high government official or bureaucrat
   
4. A member of an elite intellectual or cultural group  ( mandarin )
   a member of an elite intellectual or cultural group
   
5. 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  ( Citrus reticulata , mandarin , mandarin orange , mandarin orange tree )
   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
   
   

 Mandarin

1. The dialect of Chinese spoken in Beijing and adopted as the official language for all of China  ( Beijing dialect , Mandarin , Mandarin Chinese , Mandarin dialect )
   the dialect of Chinese spoken in Beijing and adopted as the official language for all of China