taiwanese

IPA/ˌtaɪ.wəˈniːz/
KK[tˈaɪwɑnˈiz]IPA/ˌtaɪ.wəˈniːz/

taiwanese — adjective

  • taiwanesepositive
  • more taiwanesecomparative
  • most taiwanesesuperlative

1. connected with Taiwan, its culture, or the people who live there

1.形容詞A2
釋義

connected with Taiwan, its culture, or the people who live there

例句

The night market in Taipei serves many traditional Taiwanese dishes.

Taiwanese + noun: common attributive use

Daichi learned to cook several Taiwanese noodle soups during his visit to Tainan.

同義詞
  • Formosan

    archaic or scholarly term, no longer used for modern Taiwan; refers to the island's historical name

  • from Taiwan

    periphrastic form; used when the adjective does not fit the sentence structure

文法句型

Taiwanese + noun (attributive)

subject + be + Taiwanese (predicative)

用法筆記

Attributive use (before a noun) is most common: Taiwanese food, Taiwanese history. Predicative use (after be) also occurs naturally: 'She is Taiwanese.'

常見錯誤

❌I am a Taiwanese.' (when describing nationality).
✅I am Taiwanese.
💡As an adjective, do not add 'a' before 'Taiwanese'. For the noun, use 'a Taiwanese person' or 'a Taiwanese' where countable-noun grammar applies.

taiwanese — noun