Hainanese adjective 1noun 1forms 2 adjective1 •Of or relating to the island of Hainan, its people and their diaspora. noun[plural only]1 •The inhabitants of the island of Hainan and its diasporaI needed an interpreter in only one interview, that with an elderly Hainanese from Kompong-Trach. — 1970 formsmore Hainanese · most Hainanese