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Taiwanese Hokkien

Taiwanese Hokkien is the alternative form of Taiwanese.

Meaning of Taiwanese

Proper noun

Taiwanese

  1. 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
    Synonyms:
    Holo, Hoklo

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Questions about Taiwanese Hokkien

What is Taiwanese Hokkien the alternative form of?
Taiwanese Hokkien is the alternative form of Taiwanese.

Words near Taiwanese Hokkien in the dictionary

  1. Taiwan Strait
  2. Taiwan Straits
  3. Taiwan studies
  4. Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu
  5. Taiwanese
  6. Taiwanese Hokkien
  7. Taiwaneseness
  8. Taiwanglish
  9. Taiwanization
  10. taiwanoside
  11. Taiwo

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Taiwanese Hokkien (page history and authors); 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.

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