adj
Taiwanese
teye-wuh-NEEZ
adj
1
Relating to Taiwan, its people, or its culture.
"She grew up eating Taiwanese street food."
noun
1
A person from Taiwan.
"Many Taiwanese live in the United States."
name
1
The variety of Hokkien Chinese spoken natively in Taiwan.
"His grandmother spoke Taiwanese at home instead of Mandarin."
How to Use Taiwanese
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishRelating to Taiwan, a person from Taiwan, or the local Hokkien-based language spoken there.
Word Forms
more Taiwanese comparative, most Taiwanese superlative
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Etymology
From Taiwan plus the suffix -ese.