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Taishanese

Taishanese proper noun: a Yue Chinese lect spoken in the greater Taishan area of Guangdong Province, China.

Proper noun

Taishanese

  1. A Yue Chinese lect spoken in the greater Taishan area of Guangdong Province, China.

Adjective

Taishanese (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to the area of greater Taishan of Guangdong Province, China; its people; their descendants; the main dialect of the region.

Noun

Taishanese pl (plural only)

  1. (in plural, plural, plural-only) A person who speaks the dialect of Taishanese.
  2. (in plural, plural, plural-only) A person from the area; or descended from people of the area of greater Taishan in Guangdong Province, China.

Taishanese meaning in Myanmar

Taishanese in Myanmar

Chinese dialect
လက်တိုစကား laktuica.ka:, အင်္ကျီတိုစကား angkyituica.ka:

Synonyms of Taishanese

Origin of Taishanese

From Taishan + -ese. From Mandarin 臺山 /台山 (Táishān).

Questions about Taishanese

What does Taishanese mean?
Taishanese means a Yue Chinese lect spoken in the greater Taishan area of Guangdong Province, China.
What is Taishanese in Myanmar?
Taishanese in Myanmar is လက်တိုစကား (laktuica.ka:), အင်္ကျီတိုစကား (angkyituica.ka:). See Taishanese meaning in Myanmar.
What part of speech is Taishanese?
Taishanese can be a proper noun, an adjective or a noun.

Words near Taishanese in the dictionary

  1. tais
  2. Taisan
  3. taisch
  4. taish
  5. Taishan
  6. Taishanese
  7. Taishun
  8. Taisiya
  9. Taistoist
  10. Taistoists
  11. taistrel

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