Shanghai

See also: shanghai, Shanghái, shānghài, Shanghaï, Shànghǎi, and Shang-hai

English

Alternative forms

Shang-hai (obsolete)

Etymology

From early romanizations of Mandarin 上海 (Shànghǎi, literally “Upon-the-Sea”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃæŋ.haɪ/, /ʃæŋˈhaɪ/
Rhymes: -aɪ
Hyphenation: Shang‧hai

Proper noun

Shanghai

A major port city as the provincial-level municipality between Jiangsu and Zhejiang in eastern China comprising Shanghai proper and its suburbs.

Hypernyms

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

Derived terms

Translations

Chinese city as provincial-level municipality

Arabic: شَانْغْهَاي‎‎ m (šānḡhāy), شَانْغْخَاي‎‎ m (šānḡḵāy)
Armenian: Շանհայ (Šanhay)
Belarusian: Шанха́й m (Šanxáj)
Bulgarian: Шанха́й m (Šanháj)
Catalan: Xangai (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 上海 (soeng⁶ hoi²)

Mandarin: 上海 (zh) (Shànghǎi), (abbr.) 沪 (zh) (Hù), (historical) 申 (zh) (Shēn), 申城 (Shēnchéng)

Min Nan: 上海 (Siōng-hái)

Wu: 上海 (zaan22 he44)
Czech: Šanghaj (cs) m
Dutch: Sjanghai n
Esperanto: Ŝanhajo
Finnish: Shanghai (fi)
French: Shanghai (fr) m, Chang-hai m
Georgian: შანჰაი (šanhai)
German: Schanghai (de) n
Greek: Σανγκάη (Sangkái)
Hebrew: שַׁאנְגחָאי‎‎ (shang-khái)
Hindi: शैंगहाय (śaiṅghāy)
Hungarian: Sanghaj (hu)
Icelandic: Sjanghæ
Ido: Shanghai
Irish: Shang-hai
Italian: Shanghai (it)
Japanese: 上海 (ja) (Shanhai), シャンハイ (Shanhai)

Korean: 상하이 (Sanghai), 상해 (Sanghae) (上海 (ko))
Latin: Sciamhaevum, Sanghaevum, Siamhaevum
Latvian: Šanhaja
Lithuanian: Šanchajus
Lü: ᦉᦱᧂᧈᦆᦻ (ṡaang¹xaay)
Macedonian: Ша́нгај m (Šángaj)
Persian: شانگهای‎‎ (fa) (šânghâi)
Polish: Szanghaj (pl) m
Portuguese: Xangai (pt)
Russian: Шанха́й (ru) m (Šanxáj)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Шангај m

Roman: Šangaj (sh) m
Slovak: Šanghaj m
Slovene: Šanghaj m
Spanish: Shanghái (es)
Tamil: சாங்காய் (cāṅkāy)
Telugu: షాంఘై (ṣāṅghai)
Thai: เซี่ยงไฮ้
Turkish: Şanghay
Ukrainian: Шанха́й m (Šanxáj)
Urdu: شنگھائی‎‎ (śanghāy)
Uyghur: شاڭخەي‎‎ (shangxey)
Vietnamese: Thượng Hải (上海 (vi))
Yiddish: שאַנכײַ‎‎ (shankhay)
Zhuang: Sanghaij

Noun

Shanghai (plural Shanghais)

A type of long-legged chicken believed to be of Asian origin.

Ido

Etymology

From Mandarin 上海 (Shànghǎi, literally “Upon-the-Sea”).

Proper noun

Shanghai

Shanghai (city, municipality)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Shanghai f

Alternative spelling of Xangai

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