Definitions for "Taiwanese"
Keywords:  spoken, fukien, poj, hoklo, fluently
a native or inhabitant of Taiwan
any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province
Taiwanese (pe̍h-oē-jī: Tâi-oân-oē or Tâi-gí; ) is a dialect of Min Nan Chinese spoken by about 70% of Taiwan's population. The sub-ethnic group in Taiwan for which Taiwanese is considered a native language is known as Hoklo (the correspondence between language and ethnicity is generally true though not absolute, as some Hoklo speak Taiwanese poorly while some non-Hoklo speak Taiwanese fluently). Pe̍h-oē-jī (POJ) is a popular orthography for this language, and Min Nan in general.
of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language; "the Taiwanese capital is Taipeh"