Mandarin may refer to any of the following:

• Mandarin (bureaucrat), a bureaucrat of Imperial China, Vietnam and Korea, and by analogy, any government bureaucrat

In relation to China, the Chinese language or Chinese culture:

• Mandarin (linguistics), a group of dialects of spoken Chinese, or more specifically:
  • Standard Mandarin, the official spoken language of the People's Republic of China, Republic of China (Taiwan) and Singapore, and widely used by overseas Chinese
• Mandarin dress, a style of clothing derived from Manchurian garb
  • Mandarin collar, a short shirt or jacket collar that is not folded

In biology:

• Mandarin duck, Aix galericulata
• Mandarin fish, Siniperca chuatsi
• Mandarin orange, Citrus reticulata

As a company name:

• Mandarin Airlines, a subsidiary of China Airlines
• Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong, a Hong Kong hotel formerly known as The Mandarin, the founding member of the Mandarin Oriental hotel group
• Mandarin Publishing, a publishing unit of Random House
• Mandarin Software, a British software developer later purchased by Europress

Other uses:

• Mandarin, Jacksonville, Florida, United States, a wealthy 19th century community, since absorbed into the city limits of Jacksonville
• The Mandarins Drum and Bugle Corps, a drum and bugle corps from Sacramento, California
• Mandarin (novel), a 1983 Robert Elegant novel
• Mandarin (comics), a supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe, one of the major archenemies of Iron Man
• Mandarin (SRMTHFG), a character in the animated TV series Super Robot Monkey Team Hyper Force Go!
• Mandarin Mix-Up, a 1924 film starring Stan Laurel
• Mandarin high school, a high school in the southern part of Jacksonville Florida. A Mandarin was a Bureaucrat in Imperial China, and also in the monarchist days of Vietnam where the system of Imperial examinations and Standard Mandarin, also known as Standard Spoken Chinese, is the official modern Chinese spoken language used in mainland China and Taiwan The cheongsam is a body-hugging (modified in Shanghai) one-piece Chinese Dress for women A mandarin collar is a short unfolded stand-up collar style on a shirt or jacket The Mandarin Duck ( Aix galericulata) or just Mandarin, is a medium-sized Perching duck, closely related to the North American Wood Duck The mandarin fish or Chinese perch ( Siniperca chuatsi) is a freshwater fish which lives in China The Mandarin orange or mandarin (or mandarine) is a small Citrus tree ( Citrus reticulata) with fruit resembling the orange. Mandarin Airlines Limited (華信航空 Pinyin: Huáxìn Hángkōng is an Airline based in Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China. The Mandarin Oriental ( is a 5-star Hotel in Hong Kong, the first and flagship hotel of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group. The Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group (MOHG is a hotel management company which is part of Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited and is formally known as Mandarin Oriental Random House Inc is the world's largest English-language general trade book publisher Europress was a British magazine and software publisher Their magazine publishing business was previously known as Database Publications Mandarin is a neighborhood located in the southmost portion of Jacksonville, in Duval County, Florida, United States. The Mandarins Drum and Bugle Corps are a World Class (formerly Division I) drum and bugle corps based in Sacramento California and founded in Mandarin is a lengthy Robert Elegant Novel published by Simon & Schuster in 1983. The Mandarin is a Fictional character, a Marvel Comics Supervillain and the Archenemy of Iron Man. Mandarin is an antagonistic character in the television show Super Robot Monkey Team Hyper Force Go!. Mandarin Mix-Up is a 1924 Film featuring Stan Laurel. Plot Stan Laurel (an Englishman by birth becomes an Asian in History The school was opened in 1990 at the same time as its sister school First Coast High School.

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