Taiwanese

/taɪwɑˈniz/

/taɪwɒˈniz/

Definitions of Taiwanese

1. adjective

   of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language
   “the Taiwanese capital is Taipeh”

   synonyms: Chinese, Formosan
2. noun

   a native or inhabitant of Taiwan
   type of:

   Asian, Asiatic

   a native or inhabitant of Asia
3. noun

   any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province
   synonyms: Amoy, Fukien, Fukkianese, Hokkianese, Min, Min dialect

   type of:

   Chinese

   any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system