Mandarin may refer to any of the following: Officials Mandarin (bureaucrat), a bureaucrat of Imperial China, Vietnam and by analogy, any government bureaucrat Language Mandarin Chinese, a branch of the Chinese languages. Clothing Mandarin dress, a style of clothing derived from Manchurian garb Mandarin collar, a short shirt or jacket collar that isn't folded; Biology Mandarin duck, Aix galericulata Mandarin fish, Siniperca chuatsi Mandarin dogfish, two species of small shark in the ge… (More on Mandarin)