Taiwanese Definition

tīwä-nēz, -nēs
adjective
Of or relating to Taiwan or its peoples, languages, or cultures.
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Synonyms:
noun
A native or inhabitant of Taiwan.
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A person of Taiwanese ancestry.
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The variety of Chinese spoken on Taiwan.
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Synonyms:
  • amoy
  • Hokkianese
  • Fukkianese
  • Fukien
  • Min dialect
  • min
pronoun

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

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Origin of Taiwanese

  • From Taiwan +"Ž -ese

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Taiwanese Sentence Examples

  • The popular braided bonsai pachira aquatic tree plant was actually the brainstorm of a Taiwanese truck driver, who was also a gardener.

  • In this instance, Li plays Su, a Taiwanese security force officer, sent to intercept a shipment of mysterious black diamonds.

  • Colin Hill I am married to a Taiwanese lady, and people often ask me if she was a mail-order bride.

  • Whereas Mandarin negation markers are no longer question particles Cantonese and Taiwanese maintain the grammaticalization of negation markers are no longer question particles Cantonese and Taiwanese maintain the grammaticalization of negation markers as question particles.

  • Taiwanese opera was a major form of entertainment in early Taiwan society.

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Words Starting With

TTATAI

Words Ending With

ESEESE

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