Verb
Mandarinize (third-person singular simple present Mandarinizes, present participle Mandarinizing, simple past and past participle Mandarinized)
(transitive) To make something or someone Mandarin.
mandarinize (third-person singular simple present mandarinizes, present participle mandarinizing, simple past and past participle mandarinized)
(transitive) To adapt for the use of government bureaucrats, or mandarins.