The variant of Hokkien spoken in Taiwan, the native language of the Hoklo.
Used in a Sentence
taiwanese
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for taiwanese.
Editorial note
Working at a Taiwanese company, unfortunately this does not surprise me at all: both the nonsensical (ie.
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Quick take
The variant of Hokkien spoken in Taiwan, the native language of the Hoklo.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of taiwanese gathered in one view.
Of or pertaining to Taiwan or its people, culture, language/s, etc.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for taiwanese.
noun
The variant of Hokkien spoken in Taiwan, the native language of the Hoklo.
See also: fukkianese, hokkianese, amoy, chinese, formosan
adjective
Of or pertaining to Taiwan or its people, culture, language/s, etc.
See also: fukkianese, hokkianese, amoy, chinese, formosan
Example sentences
Working at a Taiwanese company, unfortunately this does not surprise me at all: both the nonsensical (ie.
From Wikipedia: [A] Taiwanese American scientist who worked for the University of California at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
No, that's terrible — do you have any idea how ridiculously terrible these Taiwanese companies are at driver development?
A Shanghai marketing executive who was married to a Taiwanese Businessman is not exactly representative of women across the country.
When she caught her husband, a Taiwanese businessman, philandering five years ago, she didn't hesitate.
I was working the entire time, as did all the taiwanese who came over to work with me.
Apparently a Taiwanese firm got it to 10^9 in 2012, but I'm guessing that hasn't arrived in production yet.
One of the properties was vacant and owned by a Taiwanese citizen.
A Taiwanese academic take on this whole thing would be interesting.
Sorry, don't downvote this, I know it is a crass overgeneralization but this is just a view of my chinese/taiwanese friend.
Or there's going to be another taiwanese device or PC compromised on your LAN and it'll automatically portscan & metasploit all your network in 5 minutes.
I'm not giving them money and spending 2 days formatting/reinstalling/seeking out drivers on slow Taiwanese servers just to make a half-usable computer.
Quote examples
The taiwanese regulation seems to be along the lines of "don't let toddlers in front of a screen for hours while you do other things", which honestly seems like a good suggestion.
When other kids complained about our old Taiwanese teacher's English accent, I asked them simply: "let's say hypothetically we inverted the situation and found an exact parallel of your Chinese accent to her spoken English when Chinese comes out of your mouth, and you understand the accent is native.
"if there was ever a front with Indonesia or China, 10 million redneck Americans will be flown in to help us." The South Koreans believe this too, as do the Taiwanese, the Japanese, the Poles, the French, the British, the Italians...
Proper noun examples
I have also studied Taiwanese, Cantonese, and Hakka (listed in decreasing order of proficiency).
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use taiwanese in a sentence?
Working at a Taiwanese company, unfortunately this does not surprise me at all: both the nonsensical (ie.
What does taiwanese mean?
The variant of Hokkien spoken in Taiwan, the native language of the Hoklo.
What part of speech is taiwanese?
taiwanese is commonly used as noun, adjective.