(Mandarin)
the primarily northern dialect of Chinese used by the court and officials under the Empire
the chief dialect of modern Chinese that has a standard variety spoken in the Beijing area
a public official in the Chinese Empire ranked according to any of nine grades
a powerful official or person of influence
a yellow to orange loose-skinned citrus fruit
the small spiny Chinese orange tree that bears this fruit: Citrus reticulata
[Portuguese mandarin via Malay from Sanskrit mantrin counsellor, from mantra counsel; (sense 4) French mandarine, ultimately from Portuguese mandarin (prob referring to the yellow colour of the official's robes)]