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Shanghai en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈʃæŋ.haɪ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ʃaŋˈhaɪ/ (General-American)
  • /ʃæŋˈhɑe/ (Australia)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈʃɛŋhaɪ/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • shăng′hī′ (General-American)
  • /ˈʃæŋ.hɑe/ (Australia)
  • audio Queensland
  • [ˈʃeːŋ.hɑe̯] (Australia) /æ/ raising
  • /ʃæŋˈhaɪ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

c. 1840, likely from an English-derived romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation of Chinese 上海 (Shànghǎi), reinforced by Wade–Giles, Postal Romanization, and Hanyu Pinyin.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of) Alternative letter-case form of shanghai in its various senses derived from the Chinese city.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Shanghae alternative, obsolete lexicographic
Chang-hai alternative, obsolete lexicographic
Shang-hai alternative, obsolete lexicographic
Shang-hae alternative, obsolete lexicographic
Shanhae alternative, obsolete lexicographic
Shanghais Number=Plur lexicographic

wikipedia: The Chicago Manual of Style · wikipedia: University of Chicago Press

Shanghai en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈʃæŋ.haɪ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ʃaŋˈhaɪ/ (General-American)
  • /ʃæŋˈhɑe/ (Australia)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈʃɛŋhaɪ/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • shăng′hī′ (General-American)
  • /ˈʃæŋ.hɑe/ (Australia)
  • audio Queensland
  • [ˈʃeːŋ.hɑe̯] (Australia) /æ/ raising
  • /ʃæŋˈhaɪ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

c. 1840, likely from an English-derived romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation of Chinese 上海 (Shànghǎi), reinforced by Wade–Giles, Postal Romanization, and Hanyu Pinyin.

Meanings

  1. A major port city and direct-administered municipality of China, the largest urban area in China.
    • Victor Li is determined to get married soon, but like many other young Chinese grappling with an uncertain economic outlook, the well-heeled Shanghai entrepreneur isn't sure he can afford to. "It's very expensive for us to get married, especially in a big city like Shanghai," the 32-year-old said, as he took a break from a ticketed networking event for wealthier, top university-educated singles at an upmarket Shanghai jazz bar. 2024 January 17, Nicoco Chan, “Some Shanghai singles struggle to get married as economy slows”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 21 Jan 2024, China:
    • SHANGHAI (the emporium of Nanking) is the first town of any importance on the coast of Kiangnan province.[…]If, however, these difficulties were surmounted, and suitable precautions taken against existing dangers, the embouchure of this river would be one of the most eligible points for the establishment of British commerce in the whole empire. Be this as it may, however, certain it is that even now Shanghai carries on the greatest native trade of any port on the coast.[…] The city of Shanghai is built on the left bank, some distance from the mouth. It is laid out with sufficient elegance, and numerous temples. 1840 September 12, “IX.—From Shanghai to Pekin.”, in The Penny Magazine, number 542, Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, →OCLC, page 358, column 2:
    • In January 1901, we reached Japan where Mrs. Hoover remained for the winter while I went to Shanghai in search of a method of reaching North China. The Port of Taku being frozen and there being then no railway connection between Shanghai and the north, all communication had been suspended for the winter. 1951, Herbert Hoover, “Engineering in China—1899–1902”, in The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover, Years of Adventure 1874-1920, New York: Macmillan Company, →OCLC, →OL, page 55:
    • By the year 2000, Shanghai is scheduled to become an international center of commerce and finance; economic strategists predict that by 2010 the city will have become the world's largest trading center. This "secret capital" of China has set some ambitious goals for itself. The population is proudly celebrating their collective "coming out," and business is booming. 1999, “Shanghai”, in The Book of the World, 2nd United States edition (Atlas), Macmillan, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 411, column 1:
  2. A major international port including the eastern coast of Shanghai Municipality and the northeastern islands of Zhejiang Province.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Shang-hai alternative, obsolete lexicographic
Shang-hae alternative, obsolete lexicographic
Shanhae alternative, obsolete lexicographic
Chang-hai alternative, obsolete lexicographic
Shanghae alternative, obsolete lexicographic

Deriveds

Shanghai oil · Shanghai softshell turtle · Shanghainese · Shanghai French Concession · Shanghailander · Shanghaier · shanghai

Meronyms

Jiading · Baoshan · Jinshan · Zhabei (former) · Jing'an · Fengxian · Songjiang · Putuo · Minhang · Qingpu · Huangpu (districts) · Pudong (new area) · Changning · Hongkou · Chongming · Yangpu · Xuhui

Synonyms

Paris of the East

Translations (67)

ru Шанха́й (Chinese municipality and port) · hu Sanghaj (Chinese municipality and port) · ta சாங்காய் (Chinese municipality and port) · ko 상하이 (Chinese municipality and port) · nan-hbl 上海 (Chinese municipality and port) · sjo ᡧᠠᡢ ᡥᠠᡞ (Chinese municipality and port) · oc Shanghai (Chinese municipality and port) · mk Ша́нгај (Chinese municipality and port) · eo Ŝanhajo (Chinese municipality and port) · fi Shanghai (Chinese municipality and port) · ar شَانْغْخَاي (Chinese municipality and port) · uk Шанха́й (Chinese municipality and port) · el Σανγκάη (Chinese municipality and port) · fr Shanghaï (Chinese municipality and port) · la Siamhaevum (Chinese municipality and port) · lv Šanhaja (Chinese municipality and port) · kk Шаңхай (Chinese municipality and port) · ka შანჰაი (Chinese municipality and port) · cmn 申城 (Chinese municipality and port) · te షాంఘై (Chinese municipality and port) · hy Շանհայ (Chinese municipality and port) · yue 上海 (Chinese municipality and port) · be Шанха́й (Chinese municipality and port) · sk Šanghaj (Chinese municipality and port) · ca Xangai (Chinese municipality and port) · chr ᏎᏂᎦᎭᏱ (Chinese municipality and port) · th เซี่ยงไฮ้ (Chinese municipality and port) · wuu 上海 (Chinese municipality and port) · pl Szanghaj (Chinese municipality and port) · za Sanghaij (Chinese municipality and port) · he שַׁאנְגחָאי (Chinese municipality and port) · nl Sjanghai (Chinese municipality and port) · it Shanghai (Chinese municipality and port) · ug شاڭخەي (Chinese municipality and port) · ja 上海 (Chinese municipality and port) · oc Shangai (Chinese municipality and port) · pt Xangai (Chinese municipality and port) · lt Šanchajus (Chinese municipality and port) · la Sanghaevum (Chinese municipality and port) · ko 상해 (Chinese municipality and port) · mnc ᡧᠠᠩ ᡥᠠᡳ (Chinese municipality and port) · de Schanghai (Chinese municipality and port) · la Schianghai (Chinese municipality and port) · is Sjanghæ (Chinese municipality and port) · cmn 上海 (Chinese municipality and port) · vi Thượng Hải (Chinese municipality and port) · acw شانقهاي (Chinese municipality and port) · yi שאַנכײַ (Chinese municipality and port) · ur شنگھائی (Chinese municipality and port) · la Sciamhaevum (Chinese municipality and port) · sl Šanghaj (Chinese municipality and port) · khb ᦉᦱᧂᧈᦆᦻ (Chinese municipality and port) · my ရှန်ဟိုင်း (Chinese municipality and port) · ar شَانْغْهَاي (Chinese municipality and port) · io Shanghai (Chinese municipality and port) · es Shanghái (Chinese municipality and port) · cmn 滬 /沪 (Chinese municipality and port) · tr Şanghay (Chinese municipality and port) · hi शंघाई (Chinese municipality and port) · bg Шанха́й (Chinese municipality and port) · ja シャンハイ (Chinese municipality and port) · sh Šàngaj (Chinese municipality and port) · fa شانگهای (Chinese municipality and port) · cs Šanghaj (Chinese municipality and port) · cmn 申 (Chinese municipality and port) · ga Shang-hai (Chinese municipality and port) · sh Ша̀нгај (Chinese municipality and port)

wikipedia: The Chicago Manual of Style · wikipedia: University of Chicago Press · wikidata: Q8686