taiwanese

1. 1.

   of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language

   “the Taiwanese capital is Taipeh”

   SynonymsChineseFormosan

Other forms of taiwanese

plural

taiwaneses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about taiwanese

What does taiwanese mean?

taiwanese means "a native or inhabitant of Taiwan". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in taiwanese?

taiwanese has 3 syllables: tai-wa-nese. The stress falls on "tai". In IPA it is /ˈtaɪwɑˈniz/.

What is another word for taiwanese?

Close synonyms include Min, Min dialect, Fukien, Fukkianese, Hokkianese. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is taiwanese a common word?

taiwanese is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with taiwanese?

9 words rhyme with taiwanese. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.