Shang-hai
English edit
Proper noun edit
- (obsolete) Alternative form of Shanghai
- 1844, “The Voyages and Services of the Nemesis”, in The English Review; or, Quarterly Journal of Ecclesiastical and General Literature[1], volume I, London: Francis & John Rivington, →OCLC, page 210:
- Shang-hai, in the province of Kiang-nan, is situated on the western bank of the river Wu-sung, about 9 miles from its outlet into the great Yang-tse Kiang. It is connected, by an elaborate system of inland navigation, with all the principal cities of the province, among which is Su-chau-fu, the most important manufacturing town of the empire. It must necessarily, therefore, serve as the entrepôt of a considerable export and import trade. Its population is rated at 300,000. Shang-hai is in latitude 31° 12’ N., and about 800 miles from Hong Kong.
- 1889, Jules Verne, translated by Virginia Champlin, The Adventures of a Chinaman in China[2], Lee and Shepard, →OCLC, page 16:
- His father, Tchoung-Heou, was living at Pekin when he was born ; and he was six years old when the former settled at Shang-hai.
- 1952, Leonard M. Outerbridge, The Lost Churches of China[3], Philadelphia: Westminster Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 38–39:
- Wylie personally examined the monument in Sian-fu and published a translation of the inscription in Shang-hai in 1854.
- 1981, E. V. Thompson, The Dream Traders[4], Macmillian, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 229:
- He waved towards a giant of a man who stood grinning at the edge of the pirate band. "He spent many years breaking in new girls for the most celebrated whorehouse in Shang-hai. They still call for his services when he is available. Ah! But he is a master at his chosen craft. . . ."
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Shang-hai.
Further reading edit
- “Languages Other than English”, in The Chicago Manual of Style[5], Seventeenth edition, University of Chicago Press, 2017, , →LCCN, →OCLC, page 652: “Wade-Giles Postal atlas Pinyin Shang-hai Shanghai Shanghai”