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Taiwanese

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Tai·wan·ese  (twä-nz, -ns)
adj.
Of or relating to Taiwan or its peoples, languages, or cultures.
n. pl. Taiwanese
1. A native or inhabitant of Taiwan.
2. The variety of Chinese spoken on Taiwan.

Taiwanese [ˌtaɪwɑːˈniːz]
adj
(Placename) of or relating to Taiwan or its inhabitants
n
(Placename) a native or inhabitant of Taiwan
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.TaiwaneseTaiwanese - a native or inhabitant of Taiwan    
Nationalist China, Republic of China, Taiwan, China - a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the Communists led by Mao Zedong
Asian, Asiatic - a native or inhabitant of Asia
2.Taiwanese - any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province
Chinese - any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system
Adj.1.Taiwanese - of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language; "the Taiwanese capital is Taipeh"
Translations
Taiwanese [ˌtaɪwəˈniːz]
A. ADJtaiwanés
B. Ntaiwanés/esa m/f

Taiwanese
adjtaiwanisch
nTaiwaner(in) m(f)

Taiwanese تايواني Tchajwanec, tchajwanský taiwaneser, taiwanesisk Taiwaner, taiwanesisch ταϊβανεζικός, Ταϊβανέζος taiwanés taiwanilainen Taïwanais tajvanski taiwanese 台湾の, 台湾人 타이완 사람, 타이완의 Taiwanees taiwaneser, taiwansk Tajwańczyk, tajwański nativo do Taiwan, relativo ao Taiwan житель Тайваня, тайваньский taiwanes, taiwanesisk ชาวไต้หวัน, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไต้หวัน Tayvan, Tayvanlı người Đài Loan, thuộc Đài Loan 台湾人, 台湾的


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