Grammatical class

Adjective

mandarin

mandarin (of the former Chinese empire)

Details

Syllables

man-da-rin

Phonetics

mɑ̃.da.ʁɛ̃

Grammatical class

Adjective

Freq. (books)

24819

Freq. (movies)

28368

Freq. (news)

21952

Variants

Sentences

Mon rêve est d'étudier le chinois mandarin à Pékin.

My dream is to study Mandarin in Beijing.

A1

Il sait parler une sorte de chinois, mais il ne sait pas parler mandarin.

She can speak a type of Chinese, but she can't speak Mandarin.

A2

L'espagnol est la deuxième langue maternelle la plus parlée au monde après le chinois mandarin.

Spanish is the second most widely spoken native language in the world, after Mandarin Chinese.

B1

Agnes parle mandarin avec une aisance incroyable.

Agnes speaks Mandarin with astonishing fluency.

B2