沒錯，Mandarin 的詞源是葡萄牙語的 mandarim， 和滿大人沒關係，後來以訛傳訛。

The term "Mandarin" is borrowed directly from Portuguese. The Portuguese word mandarim, derived from the Sanskrit word mantrin "counselor or minister", was first used to refer to the Chinese bureaucratic officials. The Portuguese then translated guānhuà as "the language of the mandarins" or "the mandarin language".