Mandarin or The Mandarin may refer to:

Language

Mandarin Chinese Mandarin ( ; zh, s=, t=, p=Guānhuà, l=Mandarin (bureaucrat), officials' speech) is the largest branch of the Sinitic languages. Mandarin varieties are spoken by 70 percent of all Chinese speakers over a large geographical area that stretch ...

, branch of Chinese originally spoken in northern parts of the country **

Standard Chinese Standard Chinese ( zh, s=现代标准汉语, t=現代標準漢語, p=Xiàndài biāozhǔn hànyǔ, l=modern standard Han speech) is a modern standard form of Mandarin Chinese that was first codified during the republican era (1912–1949). ...

or Modern Standard Mandarin, the official language of China **

Taiwanese Mandarin Taiwanese Mandarin, frequently referred to as ''Guoyu'' () or ''Huayu'' (), is the variety of Mandarin Chinese spoken in Taiwan. A large majority of the Taiwanese population is fluent in Mandarin, though many also speak a variety of Min Chinese ...

, Standard Chinese as spoken in Taiwan *

Old Mandarin Old Mandarin or Early Mandarin was the speech of northern China during the Jurchen-ruled Jin dynasty (1115–1234), Jin dynasty and the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty (12th to 14th centuries). New genres of vernacular literature were based on this langu ...

or Early Mandarin was the speech of northern China during the Jurchen-ruled Jin dynasty and the Mongol-led

Yuan dynasty The Yuan dynasty ( ; zh, c=元朝, p=Yuáncháo), officially the Great Yuan (; Mongolian language, Mongolian: , , literally 'Great Yuan State'), was a Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after Div ...

(12th to 14th centuries). *

Mandarin (late imperial lingua franca) Mandarin ( zh, t=, s=官话, p=Guānhuà, l=official speech, first=t) was the common spoken language of administration of the Chinese empire during the Ming dynasty, Ming and Qing dynasty, Qing dynasties. It arose as a practical measure, due to th ...

, the spoken standard of the Ming and Qing dynasties of China

Biological species

* Mandarin orange (''Citrus reticulata''), a sweet, orange lookalike *

Mandarin duck The mandarin duck (''Aix galericulata'') is a perching duck species native to the East Palearctic. It is Sexual dimorphism, sexually dimorphic – the males are elaborately coloured, while the females have more subdued colours. It is a medium- ...

(''Aix galericulata''), a perching duck species found in East Asia * Mandarin dogfish, two species of small shark in the genus ''Cirrhigaleus'' off East Asian coast * Mandarinfish (disambiguation), various fishes * Mandarin vole (''Lasiopodomys mandarinus''), a species of vole found in China and the Korean Peninsula * Spotted mandarin (disambiguation), various species

Arts, entertainment, and media

* '' The Miraculous Mandarin'', a one-act pantomime ballet composed by Béla Bartók *

Mandarin (character) The Mandarin is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is the archenemy of Iron Man. The character was created by Stan Lee and designed by Don Heck, first appearing in ''Tales of Suspense'' #50 (Feb. 1964). ...

, a supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe ** Wenwu, a version of the Mandarin in the Marvel Cinematic Universe ** Trevor Slattery, a version of the Mandarin in the Marvel Cinematic Universe ** Aldrich Killian (Marvel Cinematic Universe), a version of the Mandarin in the Marvel Cinematic Universe * Mandarin (SRMTHFG), a character in the animated TV series ''Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!'' * Mandarins Drum and Bugle Corps, a drum and bugle corps from Sacramento, California, United States * ''The Mandarin'' (website), an Australian online magazine * MTV Mandarin, a 24-hour music channel owned by MTV Networks Asia Pacific

Novels

* ''The Mandarin'' (novel), an 1880 novel by the Portuguese writer José Maria de Eça de Queirós * '' The Mandarins'', 1954 novel by Simone de Beauvoir * ''Mandarin'' (Elegant novel), a 1983 novel by Robert Elegant * ''Mandarin'' (Havan novel), a 2008 novel by John Havan

Clothing

* Mandarin gown or cheongsam, a Chinese style of dress * Mandarin collar, a short shirt or jacket collar that is not folded from Qing era China * Mandarin square, a badge worn by officials in Imperial China

Companies

* Mandarin Airlines, a subsidiary of China Airlines * The Mandarin, former name of Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong, a Hong Kong hotel * Mandarin Films, a film production company of Hong Kong * Mandarin Restaurant, an all-you-can-eat Chinese-Canadian buffet chain in Ontario, Canada * Mandarin Software, a British software developer / publisher

Other uses

* Mandarin (bureaucrat), a bureaucrat of Imperial China (the original meaning of the word) ** by extension, any senior government bureaucrat * Mandarin cuisine, another name for Beijing cuisine * Mandarin (Jacksonville), a 19th-century community, since absorbed into the city limits of Jacksonville, United States ** Mandarin High School, a high school in the southern part of Jacksonville, Florida, United States * Mandarin porcelain, a wide range of porcelain that was made and decorated in China exclusively for export to Europe and later to North America * Mandarin paradox, an ethical parable