Taishanese

English

Etymology

From Taishan +‎ -ese. From Mandarin 臺山／台山 (Táishān).

Proper noun

Taishanese

1. A Yue Chinese lect spoken in the greater Taishan area of Guangdong Province, China.

Translations

Chinese dialect

• Burmese: လက်တိုစကား (laktuica.ka:), အင်္ကျီတိုစကား (angkyituica.ka:)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 臺山話／台山话 (toi⁴ saan¹ waa^6-2)

  Mandarin: 臺山話／台山话 (Táishānhuà)

  Taishanese: 臺山話／台山话 (hoi³ san¹ va^5*)

• French: hoisanais m, taishanais m, toisanais m
• Russian: тайша́ньский m (tajšánʹskij) (dialect), тайшаньхуа́ m (tajšanʹxuá)

Adjective

Taishanese (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the area of greater Taishan of Guangdong Province, China; its people; their descendants; the main dialect of the region.

Noun

Taishanese (plural Taishanese)

1. (countable, chiefly in the plural) A person who speaks the dialect of Taishanese.
2. (countable, chiefly in the plural) A person from the area; or descended from people of the area of greater Taishan in Guangdong Province, China.

Usage notes

• As with other terms for people formed with -ese, the countable singular noun in reference to a person (as in "I am a Taishanese", "writing about Taishanese cuisine as a Taishanese") is uncommon and often taken as incorrect. In its place, the adjective is used, by itself (as in "I am Taishanese") or with a word like person, man, or woman ("writing about Taishanese cuisine as a Taishanese person"). See also -ish, which is similarly only used primarily as an adjective or as a plural noun.

Synonyms

• Toisanese, Toishanese, Hoisanese

Anagrams

• anesthesia