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Uncommonmandarin
The correct spelling is mandarin.
How to pronounce mandarin
/ˈmæn.də.ɹɪn/
nounIPA: /ˈmæn.də.ɹɪn/
Say it like: Man-dar-in
The correct spelling is mandarin. A high government bureaucrat of the Chinese Empire
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Meanings
noun
- 1.A high government bureaucrat of the Chinese Empire
- 2.A pedantic or elitist bureaucrat
- 3.A pedantic senior person of influence in academia or literary circles
- 4.A senior civil servant
- 5.A perching duck that has a red bill, large white crescent above the eye and reddish face, Aix galericulata.
adjective
- 1.Pertaining to or reminiscent of mandarins; deliberately superior or complex; esoteric, highbrow, obscurantist
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