小上海

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young
simp. and trad. (小上海)		小	上海
Literally: “Little Shanghai”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xiǎo Shànghǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄏㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² soeng⁶ hoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xiǎo Shànghǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄏㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Siǎo Shànghǎi
    • Wade–Giles: Hsiao³ Shang⁴-hai³
    • Yale: Syǎu Shàng-hǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sheau Shanqhae
    • Palladius: Сяо Шанхай (Sjao Šanxaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² soeng⁶ hoi²
    • Yale: síu seuhng hói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² soeng⁶ hoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² sêng⁶ hoi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ sœːŋ²² hɔːi̯³⁵/

Proper noun

1. cities in the vicinity of Shanghai which are economically developed, akin to Shanghai
2. area or suburb abroad in which Shanghainese immigrants gather and form an ethnic enclave