MANDARINS - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Simple definitions and word synonyms for kids.

Meaning 1

Part of speech: Noun

a high public official of imperial China

Meaning 2

Part of speech: Noun

any high government official or bureaucrat

Meaning 3

Part of speech: Noun

a member of an elite intellectual or cultural group

Meaning 4

Part of speech: Noun

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

Example: native to southeastern Asia

Meaning 5

Part of speech: Noun

the dialect of Chinese spoken in Beijing and adopted as the official language for all of China

Meaning 6

Part of speech: Noun

a somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China

Synonyms

Mandarin, Mandarin orange tree, Citrus reticulata, Beijing dialect, Mandarin chinese