how to pronounce мандарин

/məndɐˈrʲin/

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мандарин is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of мандарин in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… любознательные уже освоили мандарин его …”

meanings of мандарин

noun:

Mandarin, Putonghua, Guoyu (also: путунхуа, литературный китайский).
Mandarin (Chinese bureaucrat; citrus fruit).

мандарин frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word мандарин occurs in russian on average 2.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.