Taiwanese

See also: taiwanese

English

Etymology

From Taiwan +‎ -ese

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

Taiwanese (comparative more Taiwanese, superlative most Taiwanese)

1. 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)
• Belarusian: тайва́ньскі (tajvánʹski)
• Bulgarian: тайва́нски (tajvánski)
• Catalan: taiwanès (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 臺灣的／台湾的 (zh), 台灣的 (zh), 台湾的 (zh) (Táiwān de)

  Min Nan: 臺灣的／台湾的 (zh-min-nan), 台灣的 (zh-min-nan), 台湾的 (Tâi-ôan--ê)

• Czech: tchajwanský
• Danish: taiwansk
• French: taïwanais (fr)
• German: taiwanisch, Taiwan- (de)
• Hindi: ताइवानी (tāivānī)
• Hungarian: tajvani (hu)
• Irish: Téavánach
• Japanese: 台湾の (ja) (たいわんの, Taiwan no)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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.

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／台湾人 (toi⁴ waan¹ jan⁴), 台灣人 (toi⁴ waan¹ jan⁴), 台湾人 (toi⁴ waan¹ jan⁴)

  Hakka: 臺灣人／台湾人, 台灣人, 台湾人 (thòi-vàn-ngìn)

  Mandarin: 臺灣人／台湾人 (táiwānrén), 台灣人 (zh) (táiwānrén), 台湾人 (zh) (táiwānrén)

  Min Nan: 臺灣人／台湾人 (zh-min-nan), 台灣人 (zh-min-nan), 台湾人 (tâi-ôan-lâng)

• Czech: Tchajwanec m
• Danish: taiwaner c
• 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 (?)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: Téavánach m
• Italian: taiwanese (it) m or f
• Japanese: 台湾人 (ja) (たいわんじん, taiwanjin)
• Korean: 대만인 (daemanin) (臺灣人), 대만 사람 (daeman saram), 타이완인 (taiwanin), 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

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

Translations

language

• Chinese:

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

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

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

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

• Danish: taiwansk
• French: taïwanais (fr) m
• German: Taiwanisch (de) n
• Greek: ταϊβανικά n pl (taïvaniká)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: tajvani (hu)
• Icelandic: tævanska (is) f
• Indonesian: Bahasa Hokkien Taiwan
• Japanese: 台湾語 (ja) (たいわんご, taiwango)
• Korean: 대만어 (daemaneo), 臺灣語, 타이완어 (taiwaneo)
• Portuguese: taiwanês (pt) m
• Romanian: taiwaneză f
• Russian: тайва́ньский (ru) m (tajvánʹskij) (язы́к, диале́кт)
• Swahili: Kitaiwani

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Taiwanese, nan ⁠