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台湾 — meaning in English

Tái wān

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English meaning

  • Taiwan name A self-governing island territory in East Asia, officially the Republic of China, with its capital at Taipei.
  • Taiwanese adj Relating to Taiwan, its people, or its culture.

Senses

台湾 is used for these senses in English:

  • Taiwan A partly-recognized country in East Asia consisting of a main island and 167 smaller islands. Official name: Republic of China. Capital: Taipei. [from 20th c.]
  • Taiwanese Of or pertaining to Taiwan or its people, culture, language/s, etc.

Taiwanese — full definition

  1. adj Relating to Taiwan, its people, or its culture.
  2. noun A person from Taiwan.
  3. name The variety of Hokkien Chinese spoken natively in Taiwan.

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