Meanings
nounmandarin duck (plural mandarin ducks)
plural mandarin ducks
- A colorful perching duck that has a red bill, large white crescent above the eye and reddish face, Aix galericulata.
Mandarin ducks usually pair for life. In Asia they are thought to be a symbol of love and good luck. Mandarin ducks feed mainly on insects, snails, fish, plants and seeds.
2019, Kate Baker, Wild In The City, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, page 94
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Native to Northeast China and Amur.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian мандаринка
- мандаринка (mandarinka)bird
Catalan ànec mandarí
- ànec mandaríbird
Chinese Mandarin 鴛鴦 /鸳鸯
- 鴛鴦 /鸳鸯 (yuānyāng)bird
Czech kachnička mandarinská
- kachnička mandarinskábird
Danish mandarinand
- mandarinandbird
Dutch mandarijneend
- mandarijneendbird
Esperanto mandarenanaso
- mandarenanasobird
Finnish mandariinisorsa
- mandariinisorsabird
French canard mandarin
- canard mandarinbird
German Mandarinente
- Mandarinentebird
Hebrew מנדרין סיני
- מנדרין סיני (mandarin sini)bird
Hungarian mandarinréce
- mandarinrécebird
Indonesian bebek mandarin
- bebek mandarinbird
Irish lacha mhandrach
- lacha mhandrachbird
Italian anatra mandarina
- anatra mandarinabird
Japanese 鴛鴦, オシドリ
- 鴛鴦 (oshidori)bird
- オシドリbird
Korean 원앙
- 원앙 (wonang)bird
Lithuanian mandarininė antis
- mandarininė antisbird
Norwegian mandarinand
- mandarinandbird
Polish mandarynka
- mandarynkabird
Portuguese pato-mandarim
- pato-mandarimbird
Romanian rață mandarin
- rață mandarinbird
Russian мандаринка
- мандаринка (mandarinka)bird
Scottish Gaelic lach Shìonach
- lach Shìonachbird
Spanish pato mandarín
- pato mandarínbird
Swedish mandarinand
- mandarinandbird
Turkish mandarin ördeği
- mandarin ördeğibird
Welsh hwyaden gribog
- hwyaden gribogbird
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with mandarin duck
truckluckchuckstuckstruckducktuckpuckpluckpotluckhuckamokyukgluckruckuckcluckshuckdrukbruckunstuckTkachukZuckgeoduck
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
mandarin duck. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mandarin%20duck
MLA
“mandarin duck.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mandarin%20duck. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mandarin duck,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mandarin%20duck.
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