Shanghai

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

English

Alternative forms

• Shang-hai (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Shanghai

1. 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, Chongming
• (new area) Pudong

Derived terms

• Shanghainese
• shanghai

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)
• Burmese: ရှန်ဟိုင်း (hranhuing:)
• 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)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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 (sîiang-hái)
• 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)

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

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Ido

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Mandarin 上海 (Shànghǎi, literally “Upon-the-Sea”).

Proper noun

Shanghai

1. Shanghai (city, municipality)

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Shanghai f

1. Alternative spelling of Xangai