Chinese

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barbarian; bullying; very
barbarian; bullying; very; quite; rough; reckless
 
law
trad. (蠻律)
simp. (蛮律)
alternative forms 滿律满律
萬律万律

Etymology

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Borrowed from Indonesian mandor.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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蠻律

  1. (historical, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia) mandor; overseer

References

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  • Salmon, Claudine (2009) “Malay (and Javanese) Loan-words in Chinese as a Mirror of Cultural Exchanges”, in Archipel[1], volume 78, number 1, pages 181–208