"Taishanese" meaning in English

See Taishanese in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From Taishan + -ese. From Mandarin 臺山 /台山 (Táishān). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Taishan|ese}} Taishan + -ese, {{der|en|cmn|臺山}} Mandarin 臺山 /台山 (Táishān) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Taishanese (not comparable)
  1. Pertaining to the area of greater Taishan of Guangdong Province, China; its people; their descendants; the main dialect of the region. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-Taishanese-en-adj-drwDzt4L Disambiguation of People: 39 16 17 28

Proper name

Etymology: From Taishan + -ese. From Mandarin 臺山 /台山 (Táishān). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Taishan|ese}} Taishan + -ese, {{der|en|cmn|臺山}} Mandarin 臺山 /台山 (Táishān) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Taishanese
  1. A Yue Chinese lect spoken in the greater Taishan area of Guangdong Province, China. Translations (Chinese dialect): လက်တိုစကား (laktuica.ka:) (Burmese), အင်္ကျီတိုစကား (angkyituica.ka:) (Burmese), 臺山話 /台山话 (alt: toi⁴ saan¹ waa⁶⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), 臺山話 /台山话 (Táishānhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), hoisanais [masculine] (French), taishanais [masculine] (French), toisanais [masculine] (French), тайша́ньский (tajšánʹskij) [dialectal, masculine] (Russian), тайшаньхуа́ (tajšanʹxuá) [masculine] (Russian), 臺山話 /台山话 (alt: hoi³ san¹ va^(5*)) (Taishanese)
    Sense id: en-Taishanese-en-name-0XdA2XyT Categories (other): Terms with Cantonese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 13 47 30 10

Noun

Forms: Taishanese [plural]
Etymology: From Taishan + -ese. From Mandarin 臺山 /台山 (Táishān). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Taishan|ese}} Taishan + -ese, {{der|en|cmn|臺山}} Mandarin 臺山 /台山 (Táishān) Head templates: {{en-noun|Taishanese}} Taishanese (plural Taishanese)
  1. (chiefly in the plural) A person who speaks the dialect of Taishanese. Tags: in-plural Synonyms: Toisanese, Toishanese, Hoisanese
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  2. (chiefly in the plural) A person from the area; or descended from people of the area of greater Taishan in Guangdong Province, China. Tags: in-plural
    Sense id: en-Taishanese-en-noun-Sujnjq8G
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