See also: 洋泾浜

Chinese edit

ocean; foreign name of a river stream; creek
trad. (洋涇浜)
simp. (洋泾浜)
 
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洋涇浜

  1. Yangjingbang, a former tributary of the Huangpu River in Shanghai, now filled and known as Yan'an East Road (延安東路延安东路)
  2. Short for 洋涇浜英語洋泾浜英语 (Yángjīngbāng Yīngyǔ, “Chinese Pidgin English”).

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洋涇浜

  1. (Wu, chiefly Shanghainese) a person who does not speak proper Shanghainese (or another language); a non-local who speaks Shanghainese with an accent

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洋涇浜

  1. (Wu, chiefly Shanghainese, of one's speech of the local dialect) improper; with an accent