"Taiwanese" meaning in English

See Taiwanese in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /taɪwəˈniːz/ [UK], /ˌtaɪwɑˈniːz/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Taiwanese.wav [UK] Forms: Taiwanese [positive], [comparative], [superlative]
enPR: tī'wä-nēzʹ [US] Etymology: Taiwan + -ese Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|Taiwan|ese}} Taiwan + -ese Head templates: {{adj}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Something or someone that is Taiwanese comes from Taiwan.
    Sense id: simple-Taiwanese-en-adj-9df9DIJB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ese

Noun

IPA: /taɪwəˈniːz/ [UK], /ˌtaɪwɑˈniːz/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Taiwanese.wav [UK] Forms: Taiwanese [singular], Taiwanese [plural]
enPR: tī'wä-nēzʹ [US] Etymology: Taiwan + -ese Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|Taiwan|ese}} Taiwan + -ese Head templates: {{noun|2=Taiwanese}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A Taiwanese is a person or thing that comes from Taiwan.
    Sense id: simple-Taiwanese-en-noun-bLqe0hFD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ese
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