Mandarin

Mandarin or The Mandarin may refer to:

==Language== Mandarin Chinese, branch of Chinese originally spoken in northern parts of the country Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Mandarin, the official language of China Taiwanese Mandarin, Standard Mandarin as spoken in Taiwan Singaporean Mandarin, Standard Mandarin as spoken in Singapore Old Mandarin or Early Mandarin was the speech of northern China during the Jurchen-ruled Jin dynasty and the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty (12th to 14th centuries). Mandarin (late imperial lingua franca), the spoken standard of the Ming and Qing dynasties of China