Taiwanese

See also: taiwanese and Taïwanese

English

Etymology

From Taiwan +‎ -ese.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /taɪwəˈniːz/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) enPR: tī'wä-nēzʹ, IPA^(key): /ˌtaɪwɑˈniːz/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -iːz

Adjective

Taiwanese (comparative more Taiwanese, superlative most Taiwanese)

1. Of or pertaining to Taiwan.
   • 1997, Humphrey Hawksley, Simon Hoberton, chapter 7, in Dragon Strike: The Millennium War‎^[1] (Fiction), Sidgwick & Jackson, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 338:

     As Reece Overhalt spoke to the President, the first reports came in of China’s invasion of the Taiwanese island of Peikan, just off the coast of Fujian.

   • 1998, Robert Storey, “Islands of the Taiwan Straits”, in Taiwan (Lonely Planet)‎^[2], 4th edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 308:

     At 6.30 am on 23 August 1958, Mao delivered his response to Khrushchev's peace initiative. The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) rained thousands of artillery shells onto the Taiwanese islands of Kinmen and Matsu. The bombardment continued unabated for 44 days, during which time Kinmen sustained hits from over 474,000 artillery shells.

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

• Afrikaans: Taiwannees (af), Taiwans
• Arabic: تَايْوَانِيّ (taywāniyy)
• Asturian: taiwanés (ast)
• Belarusian: тайва́ньскі (tajvánʹski)
• Bulgarian: тайва́нски (tajvánski)
• Catalan: taiwanès (ca)
• Chinese:

  Hokkien: 臺灣的／台灣的／台湾的 (Tâi-ôan--ê)

  Mandarin: 臺灣的／台灣的／台湾的 (Táiwān de)

• Czech: tchajwanský (cs)
• Danish: taiwansk
• Dutch: Taiwanees (nl)
• Faroese: please add this translation if you can
• French: taïwanais (fr)
• Galician: taiwanés (gl)
• German: taiwanisch (de), Taiwan- (de)
• Hindi: ताइवानी (tāivānī)
• Hungarian: tajvani (hu)
• Icelandic: please add this translation if you can
• Irish: Téavánach
• Japanese: 台湾の (ja) (たいわんの, Taiwan no)
• Korean: 대만의 (ko) (daemanui), 타이완의 (ko) (taiwanui)
• Macedonian: тајвански (tajvanski)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: taiwansk (no)

  Nynorsk: taiwansk (nn)

• Polish: tajwański (pl)
• Portuguese: taiwanês (pt), taiuanês
• Romanian: taiwanez
• Russian: тайва́ньский (ru) (tajvánʹskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: та̏јва̄нскӣ

  Roman: tȁjvānskī (sh)

• Slovak: taiwanský
• Slovene: tájvanski
• Spanish: taiwanés (es)
• Swahili: Kitaiwani
• Ukrainian: тайва́нський (tajvánsʹkyj)

Noun

Taiwanese (plural Taiwanese)

1. A person from Taiwan; usually plural.
   • 1965, “Lutheranism in Asia”, in Julius Bodensieck, editor, The Encyclopedia of the Lutheran Church‎^[3], volume I, Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 125, column 1:

     Congregations consist mainly of Mandarin-speaking refugees from the mainland but Taiwanese are not excluded. Student centers were established at Taipei, Panchiao, and Tainan for Bible study, fellowship, and personal counseling.

   • 1978, Richard Nixon, RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon‎^[4], Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 570:

     Taiwan was the touchstone for both sides. We felt that we should not and could not abandon the Taiwanese; we were committed to Taiwan's right to exist as an independent nation.

   • 1996, Robert M. Marsh, “Solidarity with Extended Kin”, in The Great Transformation: Social Change in Taipei, Taiwan Since the 1960s‎^[5], M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 149–150:

     We know the “ethnic” distribution between Taiwanese and mainland Chinese households in each district (ch’ü) of Taipei. In 1963, the percent of Taiwanese households varied from only 28.8% in Taan district to 86% in Chiencheng district. In 1991, Taan again had the lowest percent of Taiwanese households (63%) and Tatung the highest (86%).

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Taiwanese.

Translations

person from Taiwan

• Afrikaans: Taiwannees (af), Taiwanner
• Arabic: تَايْوَانِيّ m (taywāniyy), تَايْوَانِيَّة f (taywāniyya)
• Asturian: taiwanés (ast) m, taiwanesa (ast) f
• 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)

  Hokkien: 臺灣人／台灣人／台湾人 (tâi-ôan-lâng)

  Mandarin: 臺灣人／台灣人／台湾人 (táiwānrén)

• Czech: Tchajwanec (cs) m
• Danish: taiwaner c
• Dutch: Taiwanees (nl) m, Taiwanese (nl) f
• Esperanto: tajvanano (man or woman), tajvananino (woman)
• Finnish: taiwanilainen (fi)
• French: Taïwanais (fr) m, Taïwanaise (fr) f
• Galician: taiwanés (gl) m
• German: Taiwaner (de) m, Taiwanerin (de) f, Taiwanese (de) m
• Hungarian: tajvani (hu)
• Indonesian: orang Taiwan
• Irish: Téavánach m
• Italian: taiwanese (it) m or f
• Japanese: 台湾人 (ja) (たいわんじん, taiwanjin)
• Korean: 대만인(臺灣人) (daemanin), 타이완인 (taiwanin), 대만 사람 (ko) (daeman saram), 타이완 사람 (taiwan saram)
• Latin: taiwanensis
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: taiwaner (no) m

  Nynorsk: taiwanar (nn) m

• Polish: Tajwańczyk (pl) m, Tajwanka (pl) f
• Portuguese: taiwanês (pt) m, taiwanesa f
• Romanian: taiwanez m, taiwaneză f
• 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)
• Swedish: taiwanes (sv)
• Tagalog: taywanes
• Turkish: Tayvanlı (tr)
• Vietnamese: người Đài Loan

Proper noun

Taiwanese

1. The variant of Hokkien spoken in Taiwan, the native language of the Hoklo.
   • 1975, Lawrence A. Clancy, Sunset Travel Guide to the Orient: Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, China‎^[6], Menlo Park, California: Lane Publishing Co., page 108:

     Language. Mandarin is the official language, but many people speak Taiwanese (a variant of a southern Chinese dialect) and Japanese. The younger generation and those engaged in the tourist trade speak some English.

   • 1999, Teri Silvio, “Reflexivity, Bodily Praxis and Identity in Taiwanese Opera”, in GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies‎^[7], volume 5, number 4, Duke University Press, pages 585–604:

     The gay and lesbian movement in Taiwan is composed largely of students and other intellectuals and therefore is largely Mandarin-speaking, middle-class, and young. Koa-a-hi actresses, by contrast, almost always speak Taiwanese as their primary language, are rarely educated beyond elementary school, and can barely make ends meet.

Synonyms

• Holo

Translations

language

• Afrikaans: Taiwannees (af)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 台灣話／台湾话 (toi⁴ waan¹ waa^6-2), 臺灣話／台湾话 (toi⁴ waan¹ waa^6-2), 台語 (toi⁴ jyu⁵), 臺語／台语 (toi⁴ jyu⁵)

  Hakka: 台灣話／台湾话, 臺灣話／台湾话 (thòi-vàn-fa)

  Hokkien: 臺語／台语 (zh-min-nan), 台語 (zh-min-nan) (tâi-gí, tâi-gú), 台灣話／台湾话, 臺灣話／台湾话 (zh-min-nan) (tâi-oân-ōe)

  Mandarin: 台灣話／台湾话 (zh) (Táiwānhuà), 臺灣話／台湾话 (zh) (táiwānhuà), 台語 (zh) (táiyǔ), 臺語／台语 (zh) (táiyǔ)

• Danish: taiwansk
• Dutch: Taiwanees (nl) n
• French: taïwanais (fr) m
• German: Taiwanisch (de) n
• Greek: ταϊβανικά n pl (taïvaniká)
• Hungarian: tajvani (hu)
• Icelandic: tævanska (is) f
• Indonesian: Bahasa Hokkien Taiwan
• Japanese: 台湾語 (ja) (たいわんご, taiwango)
• Korean: 대만어(臺灣語) (ko) (daemaneo), 타이완어 (taiwaneo)
• Polish: tajwański (pl) m
• Portuguese: taiwanês (pt) m
• Romanian: taiwaneză f
• Russian: тайва́ньский (ru) m (tajvánʹskij) (язы́к, диале́кт)
• Swahili: Kitaiwani
• Vietnamese: tiếng Đài Loan

See also

• Formosan

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Taiwanese, nan ⁠

Afrikaans

Adjective

Taiwanese

1. attributive form of Taiwanees

Noun

Taiwanese

1. plural of Taiwanees

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Adjective

Taiwanese

1. inflection of Taiwanees:
   1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
   2. definite neuter singular attributive
   3. plural attributive

Noun

Taiwanese f (plural Taiwanesen, masculine Taiwanees)

1. Taiwanese woman

Anagrams

• Taiwanees