Words similar to mandarin

Example sentences for: mandarin

How can you use “mandarin” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

On top sits a gilded mandarin under a sunshade, while more statues surround the base.
Or, to be more elegant here (in keeping with the spirit of your own mandarin replies), you might say that the piece subverts the tradition of staged photography, blasting a hole through the cold, calculating heart of '90s art.
A Mandarin speaker from Chengdu would say săonián y\?\ nào, xüó nán cén , while a Southern Min speaker from Amoy would say siàoliân \?\ ló, hák lân sêng .
The house was built in 1865 by a member of the Man clan who achieved the rank of tai fu (mandarin) by doing well in the Imperial Examinations.
' However, Stimson and others have pointed out that Chinese phonology does change with time and that the Old Mandarin pronunciation for `country' had a final “k” sound unlike modern Chinese as now spoken on Taiwan and the mainland.