Taiwanese

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• UK: /taɪwəˈniːz/
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• US: tī'wä-nēzʹ
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• US: /ˌtaɪwɑˈniːz/
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• CMU ARPABET: T AY1 W AA0 N IY1 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree English Taiwan Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English Taiwanese From Taiwan + -ese.

135 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: Taiwannees — relating to Taiwan
• Afrikaans: Taiwans — relating to Taiwan
• Arabic: تَايْوَانِيّ (taywāniyy) — relating to Taiwan
• Asturian: taiwanés — relating to Taiwan
• Belarusian: тайва́ньскі (tajvánʹski) — relating to Taiwan
• Bulgarian: тайва́нски (tajvánski) — relating to Taiwan
• Catalan: taiwanès — relating to Taiwan
• Chinese: 臺灣的 /台灣的 /台湾的 (Tâi-ôan--ê) — relating to Taiwan
• Chinese Mandarin: 臺灣的 /台灣的 /台湾的 (Táiwān de) — relating to Taiwan
• Czech: tchajwanský — relating to Taiwan
• Danish: taiwansk — relating to Taiwan
• Dutch: Taiwanees — relating to Taiwan
• Faroese: taivanskur — relating to Taiwan
• French: taïwanais — relating to Taiwan
• Galician: taiwanés — relating to Taiwan
• German: taiwanisch — relating to Taiwan
• German: Taiwan- — relating to Taiwan
• Hindi: ताइवानी (tāivānī) — relating to Taiwan
• Hungarian: tajvani — relating to Taiwan
• Icelandic: taívanskur — relating to Taiwan
• Irish: Téavánach — relating to Taiwan
• Italian: taiwanese — relating to Taiwan
• Japanese: 台湾の — relating to Taiwan
• Korean: 대만의 (Daeman-ui) — relating to Taiwan
• Korean: 타이완의 (Taiwan-ui) — relating to Taiwan
• Macedonian: тајвански (tajvanski) — relating to Taiwan
• Norwegian Bokmål: taiwansk — relating to Taiwan
• Norwegian Nynorsk: taiwansk — relating to Taiwan
• Polish: tajwański — relating to Taiwan
• Portuguese: taiwanês — relating to Taiwan
• Portuguese: taiuanês — relating to Taiwan
• Romanian: taiwanez — relating to Taiwan
• Russian: тайва́ньский (tajvánʹskij) — relating to Taiwan
• Serbo-Croatian: та̏јва̄нскӣ — relating to Taiwan
• Serbo-Croatian: tȁjvānskī — relating to Taiwan
• Slovak: taiwanský — relating to Taiwan
• Slovene: tájvanski — relating to Taiwan
• Spanish: taiwanés — relating to Taiwan
• Swahili: Kitaiwani — relating to Taiwan
• Swedish: taiwanesisk — relating to Taiwan
• Ukrainian: тайва́нський (tajvánsʹkyj) — relating to Taiwan
• Afrikaans: Taiwannees — language
• Chinese Cantonese: 台灣話 /台湾话 — language
• Chinese Cantonese: 臺灣話 /台湾话 — language
• Chinese Cantonese: 台語 (toi4 jyu5) — language
• Chinese Cantonese: 臺語 /台语 (toi4 jyu5) — language
• Hakka Chinese: 台灣話 /台湾话 — language
• Hakka Chinese: 臺灣話 /台湾话 (thòi-vàn-fa) — language
• Chinese: 臺語 /台语 (zh-min-nan) — language
• Chinese: 台語 (zh-min-nan) — language
• Chinese: 台灣話 /台湾话 — language
• Chinese: 臺灣話 /台湾话 (zh-min-nan) — language
• Chinese Mandarin: 台灣話 /台湾话 (Táiwānhuà) — language
• Chinese Mandarin: 臺灣話 /台湾话 (táiwānhuà) — language
• Chinese Mandarin: 台語 (Táiyǔ) — language
• Chinese Mandarin: 臺語 /台语 (táiyǔ) — language
• Chinese Mandarin: 臺灣閩南語 /台湾闽南语 (Táiwān mǐnnányǔ) — language
• Danish: taiwansk — language
• Dutch: Taiwanees — language
• French: taïwanais — language
• German: Taiwanisch — language
• Greek: ταϊβανικά (taïvaniká) — language
• Hindi: ताइवानी (tāivānī) — language
• Hungarian: tajvani — language
• Icelandic: tævanska — language
• Indonesian: Bahasa Hokkien Taiwan — language
• Japanese: 台湾語 (taiwango) — language
• Korean: 대만어 (daemaneo) — language
• Korean: 타이완어 (taiwaneo) — language
• Polish: tajwański — language
• Portuguese: taiwanês — language
• Romanian: taiwaneză — language
• Russian: тайва́ньский (tajvánʹskij) — language
• Swahili: Kitaiwani — language
• Vietnamese: tiếng Đài Loan — language
• Vietnamese: tiếng Phúc Kiến Đài Loan — language
• Afrikaans: Taiwannees — person from Taiwan
• Afrikaans: Taiwanner — person from Taiwan
• Arabic: تَايْوَانِيّ (taywāniyy) — person from Taiwan
• Arabic: تَايْوَانِيَّة (taywāniyya) — person from Taiwan
• Asturian: taiwanés — person from Taiwan
• Asturian: taiwanesa — person from Taiwan
• Bulgarian: тайва́нец (tajvánec) — person from Taiwan
• Catalan: taiwanès — person from Taiwan
• Catalan: taiwanesa — person from Taiwan
• Chinese Cantonese: 臺灣人 /台灣人 /台湾人 (toi4 waan1 jan4) — person from Taiwan
• Hakka Chinese: 臺灣人 /台灣人 /台湾人 (thòi-vàn-ngìn) — person from Taiwan
• Chinese: 臺灣人 /台灣人 /台湾人 (tâi-ôan-lâng) — person from Taiwan
• Chinese Mandarin: 臺灣人 /台灣人 /台湾人 (táiwānrén) — person from Taiwan
• Czech: Tchajwanec — person from Taiwan
• Danish: taiwaner — person from Taiwan
• Dutch: Taiwanees — person from Taiwan
• Dutch: Taiwanese — person from Taiwan
• Esperanto: tajvanano — person from Taiwan
• Esperanto: tajvananino — person from Taiwan
• Finnish: taiwanilainen — person from Taiwan
• French: Taïwanais — person from Taiwan
• French: Taïwanaise — person from Taiwan
• Galician: taiwanés — person from Taiwan
• German: Taiwaner — person from Taiwan
• German: Taiwanerin — person from Taiwan
• German: Taiwanese — person from Taiwan
• Hindi: ताइवानी (tāivānī) — person from Taiwan
• Hungarian: tajvani — person from Taiwan
• Indonesian: orang Taiwan — person from Taiwan
• Irish: Téavánach — person from Taiwan
• Italian: taiwanese — person from Taiwan
• Japanese: 台湾人 (taiwanjin) — person from Taiwan
• Korean: 대만인 (daemanin) — person from Taiwan
• Korean: 타이완인 (taiwanin) — person from Taiwan
• Korean: 대만 사람 (daeman saram) — person from Taiwan
• Korean: 타이완 사람 (taiwan saram) — person from Taiwan
• Latin: taiwanensis — person from Taiwan
• Norwegian Bokmål: taiwaner — person from Taiwan
• Norwegian Nynorsk: taiwanar — person from Taiwan
• Polish: Tajwańczyk — person from Taiwan
• Polish: Tajwanka — person from Taiwan
• Portuguese: taiwanês — person from Taiwan
• Portuguese: taiwanesa — person from Taiwan
• Romanian: taiwanez — person from Taiwan
• Romanian: taiwaneză — person from Taiwan
• Russian: тайва́нец (tajvánec) — person from Taiwan
• Russian: жи́тельница Тайва́ня (žítelʹnica Tajvánja) — person from Taiwan
• Russian: тайва́нька (tajvánʹka) — person from Taiwan
• Russian: тайва́нка (tajvánka) — person from Taiwan
• Slovene: Tájvanec — person from Taiwan
• Slovene: Tájvanka — person from Taiwan
• Spanish: taiwanés — person from Taiwan
• Spanish: taiwanesa — person from Taiwan
• Swahili: Mtaiwani — person from Taiwan
• Swedish: taiwanes — person from Taiwan
• Swedish: taiwanesiska — person from Taiwan
• Tagalog: taywanes — person from Taiwan
• Turkish: Tayvanlı — person from Taiwan
• Vietnamese: người Đài Loan — person from Taiwan