Shanghainese

English

Etymology

From Shanghai +‎ -n- +‎ -ese.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːz

Adjective

Shanghainese (comparative more Shanghainese, superlative most Shanghainese)

1. Of or pertaining to Shanghai.
2. Of or pertaining to Shanghai and the surrounding areas like the Lower Yangtze Delta region like parts of the provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui
   • 1998, James Stuart Olson, An Ethnohistorical Dictionary of China, Greenwood Press, published 1998, page 301:

     The term “Shanghainese” refers to the residents of the city of Shanghai and its surrounding culture area in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) ... When asked to identify themselves, the residents of the city readily respond “Shanghaiese,” whose connotations today reflect an attitude of superiority, confidence, and high self-esteem.

Translations

of or pertaining to Shanghai

• German: Schanghaier, Shanghaier
• Macedonian: шангајски m (šangajski)
• Portuguese: xangainês m
• Russian: шанха́йский (ru) (šanxájskij)

Proper noun

Shanghainese

1. A dialect of Wu spoken predominantly in Shanghai.
   • 2015, Hyeonseo Lee, The Girl with Seven Names, →ISBN, page 156:

     Maybe it was because I was hearing snatches of Shanghainese and other dialects around me in the carirage, but it didn't feel like I was even in China any more.

Translations

language

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 上海話／上海话 (soeng⁶ hoi² waa^6-2)

  Mandarin: 上海話／上海话 (zh) (shànghǎihuà), 滬語／沪语 (zh) (hùyǔ)

  Wu: 上海閒話／上海闲话

• French: shanghaïen (fr) m
• Irish: Seangaidhnis
• Japanese: 上海語 (ja) (シャンハイご, Shanhai-go)
• Korean: 상하이어 (sanghaieo)
• Macedonian: шангајски m (šangajski)
• Russian: шанха́йский (ru) m (šanxájskij) (диале́кт)

Noun

Shanghainese pl (plural only)

1. the inhabitants of Shanghai or those of Shanghainese descent.

   Synonym: Shanghaier

   Hyponym: Shanghailander

Usage notes

As with other terms for people formed with -ese, the countable singular noun in reference to a person (as in "I am a Shanghainese", "writing about Shanghainese cuisine as a Shanghainese") is uncommon and often taken as incorrect. In its place, the adjective is used, by itself (as in "I am Shanghainese") or before a noun like person, man, or woman ("writing about Shanghainese cuisine as a Shanghainese person"). See also -ish, which is similarly only used primarily as an adjective or as a plural noun.

Translations

Shanghainese people

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 上海人 (soeng⁶ hoi² jan⁴)

  Mandarin: 上海人 (zh) (Shànghǎirén)

• Esperanto: ŝanhajano (man or woman), ŝanhajanino (woman)
• French: Shanghaïen (fr) m, Shanghaïenne (fr) f, Shanghaïais m (rare), Shanghaïaise f (rare)
• German: Shanghaier m, Shanghaierin f, Schanghaier m, Schanghaierin f
• Japanese: 上海人 (Shanhai-jin)
• Macedonian: Шангаец m (Šangaec), Шангајка f (Šangajka)
• Russian: шанха́ец (ru) m (šanxájec), шанха́йка f (šanxájka)