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Definition of Mandarin Chinese
1. Noun. The dialect of Chinese spoken in Beijing and adopted as the official language for all of China.
Definition of Mandarin Chinese
1. Noun. A category of related Chinese dialects spoken across most of northern and southwestern China. ¹
2. Noun. Standard Mandarin. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mandarin Chinese
Literary usage of Mandarin Chinese
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Narrative of the Expedition to China, from the Commencement of the War to by John Elliot Bingham (1843)
"... mud—Modeste proceeds off Tay-wang-kow—Mr. Kellet and Mandarin — Chinese break
the Truce—Capture of Tay-wang-kow—Nemesis passes up the Broadway— Nemesis ..."
2. A Yankee on the Yangtze: Being a Narrative of a Journey from Shanghai by William Edgar Geil (1904)
"MISSIONARY NEEDS—THE WEARING OF NATIVE DRESS — LUCHOW — VISIT TO A MANDARIN —
CHINESE PRISONERS—A PROTECTING TICKET— SALT WELLS. , Y long and eventful ..."
3. The Inventor of the Numeral-type for China: By the Use of which Illiterate by Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming (1899)
"Provinces in which Mandarin Chinese is spoken, and for which Mr. Murray has
adapted his Numeral Type. The population of these is estimated at 300000000. ..."
4. Where No Man Has Gone Before: A History of Apollo Lunar Exploration Missions by William D. Compton (1996)
"(If Slay- ton wanted someone on a crew who could speak Mandarin Chinese, one of
the astronauts told the study group, they would all be studying Mandarin ..."
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