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"3": "ese"
},
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],
"etymology_text": "From Taiwan + -ese.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more Taiwanese",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
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"superlative"
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{
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"kind": "place",
"langcode": "en",
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"ref": "1997, Humphrey Hawksley, Simon Hoberton, chapter 7, in Dragon Strike: The Millennium War (Fiction), Sidgwick & Jackson, →OCLC, page 338",
"text": "As Reece Overhalt spoke to the President, the first reports came in of China’s invasion of the Taiwanese island of Peikan, just off the coast of Fujian.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1998, Robert Storey, “Islands of the Taiwan Straits”, in Taiwan (Lonely Planet), 4th edition, →OCLC, →OL, page 308",
"text": "At 6.30 am on 23 August 1958, Mao delivered his response to Khrushchev's peace initiative. The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) rained thousands of artillery shells onto the Taiwanese islands of Kinmen and Matsu. The bombardment continued unabated for 44 days, during which time Kinmen sustained hits from over 474,000 artillery shells.",
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"Of or pertaining to Taiwan."
],
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"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "relating to Taiwan",
"word": "Taiwannees"
},
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "relating to Taiwan",
"word": "Taiwans"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "taywāniyy",
"sense": "relating to Taiwan",
"word": "تَايْوَانِيّ"
},
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"roman": "tajvánʹski",
"sense": "relating to Taiwan",
"word": "тайва́ньскі"
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"sense": "relating to Taiwan",
"word": "тайва́нски"
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"sense": "relating to Taiwan",
"word": "taiwanès"
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{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"sense": "relating to Taiwan",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "臺灣的"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"sense": "relating to Taiwan",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "台灣的"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "Tâi-ôan--ê",
"sense": "relating to Taiwan",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "台湾的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "relating to Taiwan",
"word": "臺灣的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "relating to Taiwan",
"word": "台灣的"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Táiwān de",
"sense": "relating to Taiwan",
"word": "台湾的"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "relating to Taiwan",
"word": "tchajwanský"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "relating to Taiwan",
"word": "taiwansk"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "relating to Taiwan",
"word": "Taiwanees"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "relating to Taiwan",
"word": "taïwanais"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "relating to Taiwan",
"word": "taiwanés"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "relating to Taiwan",
"word": "taiwanisch"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "relating to Taiwan",
"word": "Taiwan-"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "tāivānī",
"sense": "relating to Taiwan",
"word": "ताइवानी"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "relating to Taiwan",
"word": "tajvani"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "relating to Taiwan",
"word": "Téavánach"
},
{
"alt": "たいわんの, Taiwan no",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "relating to Taiwan",
"word": "台湾の"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "daemanui",
"sense": "relating to Taiwan",
"word": "대만의"
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{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "taiwanui",
"sense": "relating to Taiwan",
"word": "타이완의"
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{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
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"sense": "relating to Taiwan",
"word": "тајвански"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "relating to Taiwan",
"word": "taiwansk"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "relating to Taiwan",
"word": "taiwansk"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "relating to Taiwan",
"word": "tajwański"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "relating to Taiwan",
"word": "taiwanês"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "relating to Taiwan",
"word": "taiuanês"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "relating to Taiwan",
"word": "taiwanez"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tajvánʹskij",
"sense": "relating to Taiwan",
"word": "тайва́ньский"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "relating to Taiwan",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "та̏јва̄нскӣ"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "relating to Taiwan",
"tags": [
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],
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},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "relating to Taiwan",
"word": "taiwanský"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "relating to Taiwan",
"word": "tájvanski"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "relating to Taiwan",
"word": "taiwanés"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "relating to Taiwan",
"word": "Kitaiwani"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "tajvánsʹkyj",
"sense": "relating to Taiwan",
"word": "тайва́нський"
}
]
}
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"ipa": "/taɪwəˈniːz/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
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"ipa": "/ˌtaɪwɑˈniːz/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːz"
},
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"tags": [
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],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
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"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
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"enpr": "tī'wä-nēzʹ"
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{
"ref": "1965, “Lutheranism in Asia”, in Julius Bodensieck, editor, The Encyclopedia of the Lutheran Church, volume I, Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 125, column 1",
"text": "Congregations consist mainly of Mandarin-speaking refugees from the mainland but Taiwanese are not excluded. Student centers were established at Taipei, Panchiao, and Tainan for Bible study, fellowship, and personal counseling.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1978, Richard Nixon, RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon, Grosset & Dunlap, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 570",
"text": "Taiwan was the touchstone for both sides. We felt that we should not and could not abandon the Taiwanese; we were committed to Taiwan's right to exist as an independent nation.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1996, Robert M. Marsh, “Solidarity with Extended Kin”, in The Great Transformation: Social Change in Taipei, Taiwan Since the 1960s, M.E. Sharpe, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 149–150",
"text": "We know the “ethnic” distribution between Taiwanese and mainland Chinese households in each district (ch’ü) of Taipei. In 1963, the percent of Taiwanese households varied from only 28.8% in Taan district to 86% in Chiencheng district. In 1991, Taan again had the lowest percent of Taiwanese households (63%) and Tatung the highest (86%).",
"type": "quotation"
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],
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"A person from Taiwan; usually plural."
],
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"Taiwan"
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],
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"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"word": "Taiwannees"
},
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"word": "Taiwanner"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "taywāniyy",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "تَايْوَانِيّ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "taywāniyya",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "تَايْوَانِيَّة"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "tajvánec",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "тайва́нец"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "taiwanès"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "taiwanesa"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"word": "臺灣人"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"word": "台灣人"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "toi⁴ waan¹ jan⁴",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"word": "台湾人"
},
{
"code": "hak",
"lang": "Hakka Chinese",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"word": "臺灣人"
},
{
"code": "hak",
"lang": "Hakka Chinese",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"word": "台灣人"
},
{
"code": "hak",
"lang": "Hakka Chinese",
"roman": "thòi-vàn-ngìn",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"word": "台湾人"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "臺灣人"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "台灣人"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "tâi-ôan-lâng",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "台湾人"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"word": "臺灣人"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"word": "台灣人"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "táiwānrén",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"word": "台湾人"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Tchajwanec"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "taiwaner"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Taiwanees"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Taiwanese"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"english": "man or woman",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"word": "tajvanano"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"english": "woman",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"word": "tajvananino"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"word": "taiwanilainen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Taïwanais"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Taïwanaise"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "taiwanés"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Taiwaner"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Taiwanerin"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"word": "tajvani"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"word": "orang Taiwan"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Téavánach"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "taiwanese"
},
{
"alt": "たいわんじん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "taiwanjin",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"word": "台湾人"
},
{
"alt": "臺灣人",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "daemanin",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"word": "대만인"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "daeman saram",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"word": "대만 사람"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "taiwanin",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"word": "타이완인"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "taiwan saram",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"word": "타이완 사람"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"word": "taiwanensis"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "taiwaner"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "taiwanar"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Tajwańczyk"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Tajwanka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "taiwanês"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "taiwanesa"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "taiwanez"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "taiwaneză"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tajvánec",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "тайва́нец"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žítelʹnica Tajvánja",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "жи́тельница Тайва́ня"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tajvánʹka",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"feminine"
],
"word": "тайва́нька"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tajvánka",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"feminine"
],
"word": "тайва́нка"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Tájvanec"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Tájvanka"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "taiwanés"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "taiwanesa"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"word": "Mtaiwani"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"word": "taiwanes"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"word": "taywanes"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "person from Taiwan",
"word": "Tayvanlı"
}
]
}
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},
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},
{
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Táiwānhuà",
"sense": "language",
"word": "台湾话"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "language",
"word": "臺灣話"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "táiwānhuà",
"sense": "language",
"word": "台湾话"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "language",
"word": "台語"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "táiyǔ",
"sense": "language",
"word": "台语"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "language",
"word": "臺語"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "táiyǔ",
"sense": "language",
"word": "台语"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "language",
"word": "taiwansk"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Taiwanees"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "taïwanais"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Taiwanisch"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "taïvaniká",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural"
],
"word": "ταϊβανικά"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "language",
"word": "tajvani"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tævanska"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "language",
"word": "Bahasa Hokkien Taiwan"
},
{
"alt": "たいわんご",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "taiwango",
"sense": "language",
"word": "台湾語"
},
{
"alt": "臺灣語",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "daemaneo",
"sense": "language",
"word": "대만어"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "taiwaneo",
"sense": "language",
"word": "타이완어"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tajwański"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "taiwanês"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "taiwaneză"
},
{
"alt": "язы́к, диале́кт",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tajvánʹskij",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "тайва́ньский"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "language",
"word": "Kitaiwani"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "language",
"word": "tiếng Đài Loan"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Taiwanese"
],
"word": "Taiwanese"
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": tâi-gí, tâi-gú vs. zh-min-nan",
"path": [
"Taiwanese"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "proper noun",
"title": "Taiwanese",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": tâi-oân-ōe vs. zh-min-nan",
"path": [
"Taiwanese"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "proper noun",
"title": "Taiwanese",
"trace": ""
}
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