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Removed "The atonal {{bor|en|cmn-wadegile|-}} and {{bor|en|cmn-pinyin|-}} romanization of the". Basis: We are sitting here in 2022 thinking we are the hot shit. But people came up with this word before Tongyong Pinyin, before Hanyu Pinyin, and before Wade-Giles. You can't say an English language word comes from a system that was created after that word is attestable. That defies the concept of etymology and makes etymology about modern politics rather than facts.1860 book; #* {{seemoreCites|en}} |
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|text=But there has been another reason why '''Shanghai''' has prospered beyond all the other British ports of China. "All our ports except '''Shanghai''' are separated from the inland waters of China by a chain of mountains. Inside those mountains lies the vast bulk of the empire of China, outside lie our trading ports." Again, the Yang-tse-kiang, which flows out just at '''Shanghai''', affords an easy route by which the goods consigned to that port may reach the interior of the country, and the system of innumerable canals which intersect it.}} |
|text=But there has been another reason why '''Shanghai''' has prospered beyond all the other British ports of China. "All our ports except '''Shanghai''' are separated from the inland waters of China by a chain of mountains. Inside those mountains lies the vast bulk of the empire of China, outside lie our trading ports." Again, the Yang-tse-kiang, which flows out just at '''Shanghai''', affords an easy route by which the goods consigned to that port may reach the interior of the country, and the system of innumerable canals which intersect it.}} |
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|text=At Amoy, the boats are peculiarly ugly, but have extraordinary sailing powers. They are shaped just like a spoon. Ningpo boats were got up to '''Shanghai''' at one time by foreigners, as they appeared to be the fastest and most comfortable ; but it was found that '''Shanghai''' boats of equal size could outsail them there.}} |
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#*:Our joint statement, issued from '''Shanghai''' at the end of the trip, has become known as the {{w|Shanghai Communiqué|'''Shanghai''' Communiqué}}. |
#*:Our joint statement, issued from '''Shanghai''' at the end of the trip, has become known as the {{w|Shanghai Communiqué|'''Shanghai''' Communiqué}}. |
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# A [[major]] [[international]] [[port]] [[including]] the [[eastern]] [[coast]] of Shanghai [[municipality|Municipality]] and the [[northeastern]] [[island]]s of [[Zhejiang]] [[province|Province]]. |
# A [[major]] [[international]] [[port]] [[including]] the [[eastern]] [[coast]] of Shanghai [[municipality|Municipality]] and the [[northeastern]] [[island]]s of [[Zhejiang]] [[province|Province]]. |
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Revision as of 18:18, 3 July 2022
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English
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Alternative forms
Etymology
From the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation of Chinese 上海 (Shànghǎi, literally “Upon-the-Sea”).
Pronunciation
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- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 291: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ʃæŋˈhaɪ/, /ˈʃæŋ.haɪ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (US): (file) Audio (AU): (file) - Rhymes: -aɪ
- Hyphenation: Shang‧hai
Proper noun
Shanghai
- The largest city of the People's Republic of China, organized as a directly administered municipality comprising Shanghai proper and its suburbs.
- 1858, “Development of Trade with China”, in Littell's Living Age[1], volume 58, Boston: Littell, Son and Company, page 221:
- But there has been another reason why Shanghai has prospered beyond all the other British ports of China. "All our ports except Shanghai are separated from the inland waters of China by a chain of mountains. Inside those mountains lies the vast bulk of the empire of China, outside lie our trading ports." Again, the Yang-tse-kiang, which flows out just at Shanghai, affords an easy route by which the goods consigned to that port may reach the interior of the country, and the system of innumerable canals which intersect it.
- 1860, Twelve Years in China: The People, the Rebels, and the Mandarins[2], Edinburgh: Thomas Constable and Co., →OCLC, page 119:
- At Amoy, the boats are peculiarly ugly, but have extraordinary sailing powers. They are shaped just like a spoon. Ningpo boats were got up to Shanghai at one time by foreigners, as they appeared to be the fastest and most comfortable ; but it was found that Shanghai boats of equal size could outsail them there.
- 1938, Robert Berkov, Strong Man of China: The Story of Chiang Kai-shek[3], Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, page 47:
- Then two incidents broke on a startled nation and sped the course of militant revolution. On May 30, 1925, came the first at Shanghai. A series of labor disputes, centering in Japanese-owned mills, had resulted in a wholesale lockout and the serious wounding of thirteen workers outside one of the factories.
- June 28, 1966, Robert McNamara, 4:15 from the start, in LBJ and Robert McNamara, 6/28/66, 7.59A.[4], Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum:
- This third tanker due in this month apparently has been be diverted to Shanghai because they didn't have enough time to unload at Haiphong.
- 1973 September 9, “Is Chou En-lai next target?”, in Free China Weekly[5], volume XIV, number 35, Taipei, page 2:
- Wang Huang-wen, now still in his 30s, undoubtedly is the one who has made the fastest rise—from just being a Shanghai textile mill worker a few years back to the position of presidium second vice-president, right below Chou En-lai, at the 10th congress and, a few days later at the plenum, to the status of party central vice chairman, also right after Chou.
. . .
Wang is believed to have done quite a bit of secret police-type work in Shanghai.
- Wang Huang-wen, now still in his 30s, undoubtedly is the one who has made the fastest rise—from just being a Shanghai textile mill worker a few years back to the position of presidium second vice-president, right below Chou En-lai, at the 10th congress and, a few days later at the plenum, to the status of party central vice chairman, also right after Chou.
- 1978, Richard Nixon, RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon[6], Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, page 576:
- Our joint statement, issued from Shanghai at the end of the trip, has become known as the Shanghai Communiqué.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Shanghai.
- A major international port including the eastern coast of Shanghai Municipality and the northeastern islands of Zhejiang Province.
Synonyms
- (dated) Paris of the East
Meronyms
- (districts) Huangpu, Jing'an, Xuhui, Minhang, Jiading, Changning, Putuo, Hongkou, Yangpu, Baoshan, Jinshan, Songjiang, Qingpu, Fengxian, Chongming, (former) Zhabei
- (new area) Pudong
Derived terms
Translations
Chinese municipality and port
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Noun
Shanghai (plural Shanghais)
Further reading
- “shanghai, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2020.
- “shanghai, v.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2019.
- “shanghai”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “shanghai”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “shanghai”, in Collins English Dictionary..
- "shanghai" in Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary, 1908.
German
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Shanghai n (proper noun, strong, genitive Shanghais)
- Alternative spelling of Schanghai
Ido
Etymology
From Mandarin 上海 (Shànghǎi, literally “Upon-the-Sea”).
Proper noun
Shanghai
- Shanghai (a direct-administered municipality, a major port city in eastern China)
Italian
Etymology
From Mandarin 上海 (Shànghǎi, literally “Upon-the-Sea”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Shanghai
- Shanghai (a direct-administered municipality, a major port city in eastern China)
Occitan
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Shanghai ?
- Shanghai (a direct-administered municipality, a major port city in eastern China)
Portuguese
Proper noun
Shanghai f
- Alternative spelling of Xangai
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- en:Shanghai
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- en:Places in China
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- English nouns
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- Italian terms borrowed from Mandarin
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- Rhymes:Italian/aj
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- it:Shanghai
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- oc:Shanghai
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