adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to Shanghai.
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Standard Lemma guide
Shanghainese
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rhymes with -iːz
adj
Meaning 2
Of or pertaining to Shanghai and the surrounding areas like the Lower Yangtze Delta region like parts of the provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui
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name
Meaning 3
The dialect of Wu.
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Synonyms: Wu
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name
Meaning 4
A dialect of Wu spoken predominantly in Shanghai.
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noun
Meaning 5
Inhabitant of Shanghai; person of Shanghainese descent.
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Synonyms: Shanghaier
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History
Etymology
From Shanghai + -n- + -ese.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- German: Schanghaier — of or pertaining to Shanghai
- German: Shanghaier — of or pertaining to Shanghai
- Macedonian: шангајски (šangajski) — of or pertaining to Shanghai
- Portuguese: xangainês — of or pertaining to Shanghai
- Russian: шанха́йский (šanxájskij) — of or pertaining to Shanghai
- Chinese Cantonese: 上海話 /上海话 — language
- Chinese Mandarin: 上海話 /上海话 (shànghǎihuà) — language
- Chinese Mandarin: 滬語 /沪语 (hùyǔ) — language
- Wu Chinese: 上海閒話 /上海闲话 — language
- French: shanghaïen — language
- Irish: Seangaidhnis — language
- Japanese: 上海語 (Shanhai-go) — language
- Korean: 상하이어 (sanghaieo) — language
- Macedonian: шангајски (šangajski) — language
- Russian: шанха́йский (šanxájskij) — language
- Chinese Cantonese: 上海人 (soeng6 hoi2 jan4) — Shanghainese person
- Chinese Mandarin: 上海人 (Shànghǎirén) — Shanghainese person
- Esperanto: ŝanhajano — Shanghainese person
- Esperanto: ŝanhajanino — Shanghainese person
- French: Shanghaïen — Shanghainese person
- French: Shanghaïenne — Shanghainese person
- French: Shanghaïais — Shanghainese person
- French: Shanghaïaise — Shanghainese person
- German: Shanghaier — Shanghainese person
- German: Shanghaierin — Shanghainese person
- German: Schanghaier — Shanghainese person
- German: Schanghaierin — Shanghainese person
- Japanese: 上海人 (Shanhai-jin) — Shanghainese person
- Macedonian: Шангаец (Šangaec) — Shanghainese person
- Macedonian: Шангајка (Šangajka) — Shanghainese person
- Russian: шанха́ец (šanxájec) — Shanghainese person
- Russian: шанха́йка (šanxájka) — Shanghainese person