mandarin

英 ['mænd(ə)rɪn] 美 ['mændərɪn]

解释

※ 提供单词"mandarin"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

mandarin 中国古代官僚，大臣，普通话

来自葡萄牙语mandarim,中国官员（1580年），来自马来语mantri,最终来自梵语mantra,顾问，建议，来自PIE*men,思想，思考，词源同mind,mania.用于指旧时中国的官僚，大臣。后引申词义普通话。俗词源认为其来自汉语满大人是站不住脚的，在时间上差了近100年。

mandarin: mandarin: [16] Although it refers to a Chinese official, mandarin is not a Chinese word. Sanskrit mantrin meant ‘counsellor’ (it was a derivative of mantra ‘counsel’, which itself was based on man ‘think’, a distant relative of English mind). Its Hindi descendant mantrī passed into English via Malay mẽteri and Portuguese mandarin. The word’s application to a variety of small loose-skinned orange, which dates in English from the 19th century, was inspired by the yellow robes worn by mandarins.
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mandarin (n.): "Chinese official," 1580s, via Portuguese mandarim or older Dutch mandorijn from Malay mantri, from Hindi mantri "councilor, minister of state," from Sanskrit mantri, nominative of mantrin- "advisor," from mantra "counsel," from PIE root *men- "to think" (see mind (n.)).

Form influenced in Portuguese by mandar "to command, order." Used generically for the several grades of Chinese officials; sense of "chief dialect of Chinese" (spoken by officials and educated people) is from c. 1600. Transferred sense of "important person" attested by 1907. The type of small, deep-colored orange so called from 1771, from resemblance of its color to that of robes worn by mandarins.

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1. Measures are taken to battle rising mandarin crime.: 已经采取了措施来打击官员中不断上升的犯罪行为.

4. It was not long before he spoke Mandarin, with a trace of the soft Soochow tones.: 没有多久,他就说上一口北京话, 带有一些甜丝丝的苏州音.

5. Chinese immigrants should count their Blessings if their children could speak Mandarin.: 那些移民的子女,能讲华语的就已算庆幸.