taiwanese

Noun taiwanese has 2 senses

• taiwanese(n = noun.person) - a native or inhabitant of Taiwan;
is a member of china, nationalist china, republic of china, taiwan
is a kind of asian, asiatic

• taiwanese(n = noun.communication) amoy, fukien, fukkianese, hokkianese, min, min dialect - any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province;
is a kind of chinese

Adjective taiwanese has 1 sense

• taiwanese(a = adj.pert) chinese, formosan - of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language; "the Taiwanese capital is Taipeh"