Answer: mandarin

AnswerCrossword Clue
MANDARINSmall orange
mandarinof, relating to, or typical of a public official in the Chinese Empire of any of nine superior grades
mandarinA powerful official or senior bureaucrat, esp. one perceived as reactionary and secretive
mandarinAn official in any of the nine top grades of the former imperial Chinese civil service
mandarinThe standard literary and official form of Chinese based on the Beijing dialect, spoken by over 730 million people
mandarinPorcelain decorated with Chinese figures dressed as mandarins
mandarin(esp. of clothing) Characteristic or supposedly characteristic of such officials
mandarinAn ornament consisting of a nodding figure in traditional Chinese dress, typically made of porcelain
MANDARINLanguage with the most speakers
MANDARINChinese citrus fruit
MANDARINChinese dialect
MANDARINLanguage of 800+ million
MANDARINHigh-muck-a-muck
MANDARINIt has 844 million native speakers
MANDARIN+Bureaucrat
MANDARINChinese
MANDARINKind of orange
MANDARINPompous pundit
MANDARINVariety of orange
MANDARINType of orange or duck
MANDARINOrange
MANDARINChief Chinese dialect.
MANDARINTangerine.
MANDARINChinese dialect.
MANDARINChinese orange.
MANDARINStandard Chinese.
MANDARINChief dialect of China.
MANDARINStandard Chinese language
MANDARINChinese language
MANDARINType of orange
MANDARINOfficial spoken language of China
MANDARINOfficial language of China