Mandarin

n.
  1. A Chinese public officer or nobleman; a civil or military official in China and Annam.
  2. The form of the Chinese language spoken by members of the Chinese Imperial Court an officials of the empire.
  3. Any of several closely related dialects of the Chinese language spoken by a mojority of the population of China, the standard variety of which is spoken in the region around Beijing.
  4. (Bot.) A small flattish reddish-orange loose-skinned orange, with an easily separable rind. It is thought to be of Chinese origin, and is counted a distinct species (Citrus reticulata formerly Citrus nobilis); called also mandarin orange and tangerine.
    5. Mandarin language ,
    the spoken or colloquial language of educated people in China.
    Mandarin yellow (Chem.),
    an artificial aniline dyestuff used for coloring silk and wool, and regarded as a complex derivative of quinoline.