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  2. Naming customs of Taiwanese indigenous peoples - Wikipedia

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    Under the strong influence of Chinese culture and forces of cultural assimilation brought by Han settlers in the 17th century, the Indigenous Taiwanese have gradually adopted Han names. In the 17th and 18th centuries, possession of a Han surname was considered to be a sign of being civilized, in part because adoption of a Han surname meant that ...

  3. Chinese given name - Wikipedia

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    Chinese given names (Chinese: 名; pinyin: míng) are the given names adopted by speakers of the Chinese language, both in majority-Sinophone countries and among the Chinese diaspora. Description [ edit ]

  4. Taiwanese Americans - Wikipedia

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    Taiwanese Americans are one of the newest Asian American ethnic groups in the United States. [8] [9] They encompass immigrants to the U.S. from the Republic of China (known as Taiwan), which is located on the island of Formosa, and their American-born descendants. [4]

  5. Taiwanese indigenous peoples - Wikipedia

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    Some of them traded with the Taiwanese aborigines. During this period, Taiwan was referred to as Xiaodong dao ("little eastern island") and Dahui guo ("the country of Dahui"), a corruption of Tayouan, a tribe that lived on an islet near modern Tainan from which the name "Taiwan" is derived. By the late 16th century, Chinese from Fujian were ...

  6. List of Indigenous peoples of Taiwan - Wikipedia

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    Research on ethnic groups of Taiwanese indigenous peoples started in late 19th century, when Taiwan was under Japanese rule. The Government of Taiwan (臺灣總督府, Taiwan Sōtokufu) conducted large amount of research and further distinguished the ethnic groups of Taiwanese indigenous peoples by linguistics (see Formosan languages). After ...

  7. Taiwanese people - Wikipedia

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    Taiwanese people [I] are the citizens and nationals of the Republic of China (ROC) and those who reside in an overseas diaspora from the entire Taiwan Area.The term also refers to natives or inhabitants of the island of Taiwan and its associated islands who may speak Sinitic languages (Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka) or the indigenous Taiwanese languages as a mother tongue but share a common culture ...

  8. List of Taiwanese people - Wikipedia

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    Yin Shun*, Buddhist scholarly writer and key figure of Humanistic Buddhism in Taiwan; Sheng-yen*, Buddhist scholarly writer and founder of Dharma Drum Mountain Order; Cheng Yen, founder of Tzu Chi; Yifa, writer and founder of Woodenfish; R. C. T. Lee (Chia-Tung Lee), writer and professor; Tu Wei-ming, ethicist; Giddens Ko, novelist and filmmaker

  9. Chinese language romanization in Taiwan - Wikipedia

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    Under Wade–Giles, the first letter in the second character of the given names is generally lower case, but Taiwanese names tend not to follow this practice. For example, Lü Hsiu-lien is often written as Lu Hsiu-Lien. The use of Wade–Giles is generally not out of personal preference but because this system has been used by most government ...