Taiwanese

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1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.3 Adjective

English

Pronunciation

[%taiw@"ni:z] ("tie-wuh-NIZ") or [%taiwa:"ni:z] ("tie-wah-NIZ")

Noun

1. Person from Taiwan.

   Translations

   • Arabic: تايوان (tāywan), تايوانيو (tāywanyw)
   • Bulgarian: тайванец m
   • Chinese: 台湾人 , 台灣人 (Táiwān rén)
   • Dutch: Taiwanees m & f (?)
   • Esperanto: Tajvana m & f
   • French: Taïwanais m, Taïwanaise f
   • German: Taiwaner m, Taiwanerin f
   • Greek: Ταϊβανικά (Taivanika)
   • Indonesian: orang taiwan
   • Interlingua: taiwanese (?)
   • Italian: taiwanese m & f
   • Japanese: 台湾人 (たいわんじん) (taiwan-jin)
   • Korean: 대만사람 [臺灣_] (daeman-saram)
   • Latin: taiwanesis
   • Polish: [[]]
   • Portuguese: Taiwaner m & f (?)
   • Romanian: taivanez m, taivaneză f, taivanezi m pl, taivaneze f pl
   • Russian: тайванец (Tajwanec)
   • Spanish: taiwanés m, taiwanésa f
   • Taiwanese Holo : Tâi-ôan-lâng

2. The popular name of Hoklo, a dialect of Chinese language commonly spoken in Taiwan. (A meaning much less common than definition # 1) ()

   Translations

   All are the same as the translations for definition # 1, except the following languages:

   • Arabic: [[]]
   • Chinese: 台湾话 (Táiwān huà) or 臺語 (Tái yǔ)
   • German: Taiwanisch
   • Indonesian: bahasa taiwan
   • Japanese: 台湾語 (たいわんご, taiwango)
   • Korean: 대만어 [臺灣語] (daeman-eo) or 태어 [台語] (tae-eo)
   • Romanian: taivaneză f
   • Taiwanese Holo : Tâi-gí , Tâi-gú

Adjective

1. Of or pertaining to Taiwan.

   Translations

   All are the same as the translations for definition # 1, except the following languages:

   • Arabic: تايوان (tāywan)
   • Chinese: 台灣 (Táiwán), optionally: 台灣的 (Táiwán de)
   • German: taiwanisch
   • Indonesian: ?
   • Italian: taiwanese
   • Japanese: 台湾の (たいわんの) (taiwan-no)
   • Korean: 대만_? [臺灣_?] (daeman-_?)
   • Romanian: taivanez m, taivaneză f, taivanezi m pl, taivaneze f pl
   • Russian: тайваньский (Tajwan'skij)