Taiwanese
/taɪwəˈniːz//ˌtaɪwɑˈniːz/
Taiwanese adjective: of or pertaining to Taiwan or its people, culture, language/s, etc.
Adjective
Taiwanese (comparative more Taiwanese, superlative most Taiwanese)
- Of or pertaining to Taiwan or its people, culture, language/s, etc.
- 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...1996, Robert M. Marsh, “Solidarity with Extended Kin”, in The Great Transformation: Social Change in Taipei, Taiwan Since the 1960s, M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 149–150
- 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.1997, Humphrey Hawksley, Simon Hoberton, chapter 7, in Dragon Strike: The Millennium War (Fiction), Sidgwick & Jackson, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 338
Noun
Taiwanese pl (plural only)
- People from Taiwan.
- 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.1965, “Lutheranism in Asia”, in Julius Bodensieck, editor, The Encyclopedia of the Lutheran Church, volume I, Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 125, column 1
- 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.1978, Richard Nixon, RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon, Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 570
Proper noun
Taiwanese
- The variant of Hokkien spoken in Taiwan, the native language of the Hoklo.
- 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.1975, Lawrence A. Clancy, Sunset Travel Guide to the Orient: Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, China, Menlo Park, California: Lane Publishing Co., page 108
- 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...1999, Teri Silvio, “Reflexivity, Bodily Praxis and Identity in Taiwanese Opera”, in GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, volume 5, number 4, Duke University Press, pages 585–604
Taiwanese meaning in Hindi, Tagalog, Arabic and Indonesian
Taiwanese in Hindi
- relating to Taiwan
- ताइवानी tāivānī
- person from Taiwan
- ताइवानी tāivānī
- language
- ताइवानी tāivānī
Taiwanese in Tagalog
- person from Taiwan
- taywanes
Taiwanese in Arabic
- relating to Taiwan
- تَايْوَانِيّ taywāniyy
- person from Taiwan
- تَايْوَانِيّ taywāniyy, تَايْوَانِيَّة taywāniyya
Taiwanese in Indonesian
- person from Taiwan
- orang Taiwan
- language
- Bahasa Hokkien Taiwan
More languagesFewer languages
- Taiwanese in Vietnamese
- người Đài Loan, tiếng Đài Loan, tiếng Phúc Kiến Đài Loan
Examples of Taiwanese in a sentence
- We know the “ethnic” distribution between Taiwanese and mainland Chinese households in each district (ch’ü) of Taipei.1996, Robert M. Marsh, “Solidarity with Extended Kin”, in The Great Transformation: Social Change in Taipei, Taiwan Since the 1960s, M.E....
- The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) rained thousands of artillery shells onto the Taiwanese islands of Kinmen and Matsu.1998, Robert Storey, “Islands of the Taiwan Straits”, in Taiwan (Lonely Planet), 4th edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 308:
- 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.1999, Teri Silvio, “Reflexivity, Bodily Praxis and Identity in Taiwanese Opera”, in GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, volume 5...
Synonyms of Taiwanese
Forms of Taiwanese
| comparative | more Taiwanese |
|---|---|
| superlative | most Taiwanese |
Origin of Taiwanese
From Taiwan + -ese.
Words formed from Taiwanese
Words that rhyme with Taiwanese
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- wheeze
- Cantonese
- chemise
- miner's disease
- trapeze
- Congolese
- dees
- disease
- displease
- frieze
- Japanese
- Keyes
- leese
- overseas
- pease
- please
- Portuguese
- sneeze
- tweeze
- appease
- bes
- bez
- blue cheese
- botanese
- Burmese
- expertise
- fries
- greeze
- Guyanese
- he's
- Javanese
- keys
- legalese
- Louise
- Maltese
- Ningbonese
- octopodes
- Pekingese
- Shanghainese
- she's
- Sinhalese
- Socrates
- tees
- Versaillese
- Viennese
- Vietnamese
- a little bit of bread and no cheese
- academese
Questions about Taiwanese
- What does Taiwanese mean?
- Taiwanese means of or pertaining to Taiwan or its people, culture, language/s, etc.
- What is Taiwanese in Hindi?
- Taiwanese in Hindi is ताइवानी (tāivānī). See Taiwanese meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use Taiwanese in a sentence?
- We know the “ethnic” distribution between Taiwanese and mainland Chinese households in each district (ch’ü) of Taipei.
- What part of speech is Taiwanese?
- Taiwanese can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Taiwanese?
- Taiwanese is pronounced /taɪwəˈniːz/ (UK).
Words near Taiwanese in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Taiwanese (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Taiwanese.wav, LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-Taiwanese.wav.
Cite this entry: “Taiwanese.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/taiwanese. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.