Taiwanese

See also: taiwanese

English

Etymology

From Taiwan +‎ -ese

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /taɪwəˈniːz/
(US) enPR: tī'wä-nēzʹ, IPA^(key): /ˌtaɪwɑˈniːz/
Rhymes: -iːz

Adjective

Taiwanese (comparative more Taiwanese, superlative most Taiwanese)

Of or pertaining to Taiwan.

Usage notes

Taiwan and Taiwanese are both widely used as attributives, e.g. Taiwan/Taiwanese culture, the Taiwan/Taiwanese government, Taiwan/Taiwanese food, etc.

Translations

relating to Taiwan

Arabic: تَايْوَانِيّ‎ (taywāniyy)
Bulgarian: тайва́нски (tajvánski)
Catalan: taiwanès (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 臺灣的 (zh), 台灣的 (zh), 台湾的 (zh) (Táiwān de)

Min Nan: 臺灣的 (zh-min-nan) (Tâi-ôan--ê)
Czech: tchajwanský
French: taïwanais (fr)
German: taiwanisch, Taiwan- (de)
Hindi: ताइवानी (tā'ivānī)
Hungarian: tajvani (hu)
Irish: Téavánach

Japanese: 台湾の (ja) (たいわんの, Taiwan no)
Korean: 대만의 (Daeman wi), 타이완의 (Taiwan wi)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: taiwansk (no)

Nynorsk: taiwansk (nn)
Polish: tajwański (pl)
Portuguese: taiwanês (pt), taiuanês
Romanian: taiwanez
Russian: тайва́ньский (ru) (tajvánʹskij)
Slovene: tájvanski
Spanish: taiwanés (es)
Swahili: Kitaiwani

Noun

Taiwanese (plural Taiwanese)

A person from Taiwan; usually plural.

Translations

person from Taiwan

Arabic: تَايْوَانِيّ‎ m (taywāniyy), تَايْوَانِيَّة‎ f (taywāniyya)
Bulgarian: тайва́нец m (tajvánec)
Catalan: taiwanès (ca) m, taiwanesa (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 臺灣人, 台灣人, 台湾人 (toi⁴ waan¹ jan⁴)

Hakka: 臺灣人, 台灣人, 台湾人 (Thòi-vàn-ngìn)

Mandarin: 臺灣人, 台灣人 (zh), 台湾人 (zh) (Táiwān-rén)

Min Nan: 臺灣人 (zh-min-nan), 台灣人 (zh-min-nan), 台湾人 (Tâi-ôan-lâng)
Czech: Tchajwanec m
Dutch: Taiwanees m or f (?)
Esperanto: tajvanano (man or woman), tajvananino (woman)
Finnish: taiwanilainen (fi)
French: Taïwanais (fr) m, Taïwanaise (fr) f
German: Taiwaner m, Taiwanerin f
Hungarian: tajvani (hu)
Indonesian: orang Taiwan
Interlingua: taiwanese (?)

Irish: Téavánach m
Italian: taiwanese (it) m or f
Japanese: 台湾人 (ja) (たいわんじん, Taiwanjin)
Korean: 대만인 (Daeman in) 臺灣人 , 대만 사람 (Daeman saram), 타이완인 (Taiwan in), 타이완 사람 (Taiwan saram)
Latin: taiwanensis
Norwegian:
Bokmål: taiwaner (no) m

Nynorsk: taiwanar (nn) m
Portuguese: taiwanês (pt) m, taiwanesa f
Romanian: taiwanez m, taiwaneză f, taiwanezi pl, taiwaneze f pl
Russian: тайва́нец (ru) m (tajvánec), жи́тельница Тайва́ня f (žítelʹnica Tajvánja), тайва́нька f (tajvánʹka) (colloquial), тайва́нка f (tajvánka) (colloquial)
Slovene: Tájvanec m, Tájvanka f
Spanish: taiwanés (es) m, taiwanesa (es) f
Swahili: Mtaiwani (sw)
Swedish: taiwanes (sv)
Turkish: Tayvanlı (tr)

Proper noun

Taiwanese

The popular name of the variant of Hokkien spoken in Taiwan, the native language of the Hoklo.

Translations

language

Chinese:
Cantonese: 台灣話, 臺灣話, 台湾话 (toi⁴ waan¹ waa⁶^-²), 台語, 臺語, 台语 (toi⁴ jyu⁵)

Hakka: 台灣話, 臺灣話, 台湾话 (Thòi-vàn-fa)

Mandarin: 台灣話 (zh), 臺灣話 (zh), 台湾话 (zh) (Táiwānhuà), 台語 (zh), 臺語 (zh), 台语 (zh) (Táiyǔ)

Min Nan: 臺語 (zh-min-nan), 台語 (zh-min-nan), 台语 (Tâi-gí, Tâi-gú), 台灣話, 臺灣話 (zh-min-nan), 台湾话 (Tâi-oân-ōe)
French: taïwanais (fr) m
German: Taiwanisch (de) n
Greek: ταϊβανικά n pl (taïvaniká)

Hungarian: tajvani (hu)
Indonesian: Bahasa Hokkien Taiwan
Japanese: 台湾語 (ja) (たいわんご, Taiwan-go)
Korean: 대만어 (Daeman-eo), 臺灣語, 타이완어 (Taiwan-eo)
Portuguese: taiwanês (pt) m
Romanian: taiwaneză f
Russian: тайва́ньский (ru) m (tajvánʹskij) (язы́к, диале́кт)
Swahili: Kitaiwani

Taiwanese

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