Shanghai

shanghai Shang-hai Shanghái Shanghaï shānghǎi shānghài Shànghǎi English thumb|The location of Shanghai in the People's Republic of China thumb|Shanghai Municipality in 2016 thumb|The Shanghai Bund in the 1890s thumb|Lujiazui in Pudong, 2008 thumb|Yangshan Deep Water Port, 2010 Alternative forms en Shang-hai Shanghae Shang-hae Shanhae Chang-hai obsolete Etymology 1840, likely from an English-derived romanization of the en cmn - Chinese pronunciation of en zh 上海 Shànghǎi, reinforced by en cmn-wadegiles -, en zh-postal -, and en cmn-pinyin -.en 2017 Languages Other than English The Chicago Manual of Style Seventeenth https://archive.org/details/chicagomanualofs0017unse/ University of Chicago Press 10.7208/cmos17 2017020712 988171830 652 https://archive.org/details/chicagomanualofs0017unse/page/652/ Wade-Giles Postal atlas Pinyin Shang-hai Shanghai Shanghai Pronunciation en /ʃæŋˈhaɪ/ /ˈʃæŋ.haɪ/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Shanghai.wav Southern England en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Shanghai2.wav Southern England en /ˈʃɛŋhaɪ/ /ʃaŋˈhaɪ/ GA, shăng′hī′ en en-us-shanghai.ogg US en /ʃæŋˈhɑe/ /ˈʃæŋ.hɑe/ [ˈʃeːŋ.hɑe̯] AU /æ/ raising en en-au-shanghai.ogg Queensland en aɪ 2 en Shang hai Proper noun en Q8686en major port city/and/direct-administered municipality c/China the largest urban area in China. en September 12, 1840 IX.—From Shanghai to Pekin. The Penny Magazine https://archive.org/details/sim_knights-penny-magazine_1840-09-12_9_542/ w:Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge 542 496155416 358 https://archive.org/details/sim_knights-penny-magazine_1840-09-12_9_542/page/358/ 2 SHANGHAI (the emporium of Nanking) is the first town of any importance on the coast of Kiangnan province.If, however, these difficulties were surmounted, and suitable precautions taken against existing dangers, the embouchure of this river would be one of the most eligible points for the establishment of British commerce in the whole empire. Be this as it may, however, certain it is that even now Shanghai carries on the greatest native trade of any port on the coast.The city of Shanghai is built on the left bank, some distance from the mouth. It is laid out with sufficient elegance, and numerous temples. en 1951 w:Herbert Hoover Engineering in China—1899–1902 The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover, Years of Adventure 1874-1920 https://archive.org/details/memoirsofherbert0000hoov/ New York w:Macmillan Company 901053599 10587103M 55 https://archive.org/details/memoirsofherbert0000hoov/page/55/ In January 1901, we reached Japan where Mrs. Hoover remained for the winter while I went to Shanghai in search of a method of reaching North China. The Port of Taku being frozen and there being then no railway connection between Shanghai and the north, all communication had been suspended for the winter. en 1999 Shanghai The Book of the World 2nd United States w:Macmillan Atlas 0-02-864966-4 98-20881 1144581951 411 1 By the year 2000, Shanghai is scheduled to become an international center of commerce and finance; economic strategists predict that by 2010 the city will have become the world's largest trading center. This "secret capital" of China has set some ambitious goals for itself. The population is proudly celebrating their collective "coming out," and business is booming. en January 17, 2024 Nicoco Chan Some Shanghai singles struggle to get married as economy slows w:Reuters https://web.archive.org/web/20240121154111/https://www.reuters.com/world/china/some-wealthier-chinese-say-they-cant-afford-marriage-economy-slows-2024-01-16/ 21 January 2024 https://www.reuters.com/world/china/some-wealthier-chinese-say-they-cant-afford-marriage-economy-slows-2024-01-16/ China Victor Li is determined to get married soon, but like many other young Chinese grappling with an uncertain economic outlook, the well-heeled Shanghai entrepreneur isn't sure he can afford to."It's very expensive for us to get married, especially in a big city like Shanghai," the 32-year-old said, as he took a break from a ticketed networking event for wealthier, top university-educated singles at an upmarket Shanghai jazz bar. en A major international port including the eastern coast of Shanghai Municipality and the northeastern islands of Zhejiang Province. Synonyms dated en Paris of the East Meronyms districts en Huangpu, en Jing'an, en Xuhui, en Minhang, en Jiading, en Changning, en Putuo, en Hongkou, en Yangpu, en Baoshan, en Jinshan, en Songjiang, en Qingpu, en Fengxian, en Chongming, former en Zhabei new area en Pudong Derived terms en Shanghaier en Shanghainese, en Shanghailander shanghai Shanghai French Concession Shanghai oil Shanghai softshell turtle Translations Chinese municipality and port Arabic: ar شَانْغْهَاي f, ar شَانْغْخَاي f Hijazi Arabic: acw شانقهاي f šānghāy Armenian: hy Շանհայ Belarusian: be Шанха́й m Bulgarian: bg Шанха́й m Burmese: my ရှန်ဟိုင်း Catalan: ca Xangai Cherokee: chr ᏎᏂᎦᎭᏱ Chinese: Cantonese: yue 上海 Hokkien: nan-hbl 上海 Siōng-hái Mandarin: cmn 上海, abbr. cmn 滬 Hù, historical cmn 申 Shēn, cmn 申城 Shēnchéng Wu: wuu 上海 Czech: cs Šanghaj m Dutch: nl Sjanghai n Esperanto: eo Ŝanhajo Finnish: fi Shanghai French: fr Shanghaï m Georgian: ka შანჰაი German: de Schanghai n Greek: el Σανγκάη Hebrew: he שַׁאנְגחָאי f shang-khái Hindi: hi शंघाई f Hungarian: hu Sanghaj Icelandic: is Sjanghæ Ido: io Shanghai Irish: ga Shang-hai Italian: it Shanghai Japanese: ja 上海 Shanhai, ja シャンハイ Shanhai Kazakh: kk Шаңхай Korean: ko ^상하이, ko ^상해(上海) Latin: la Sciamhaevum, la Sanghaevum, la Siamhaevum, la Schianghai Latvian: lv Šanhaja Lithuanian: lt Šanchajus Lü: khb ᦉᦱᧂᧈᦆᦻ Macedonian: mk Ша́нгај m Manchu: mnc ᡧᠠᠩ ᡥᠠᡳ Occitan: oc Shanghai, oc Shangai Persian: fa شانگهای šânghâi Polish: pl Szanghaj m-in Portuguese: pt Xangai Russian: ru Шанха́й m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Ша̀нгај m Slovak: sk Šanghaj m Slovene: sl Šanghaj m Spanish: es Shanghái Tamil: ta சாங்காய் Telugu: te షాంఘై Thai: th เซี่ยงไฮ้ Turkish: tr Şanghay Ukrainian: uk Шанха́й m Urdu: ur شنگھائی śanghāī Uyghur: ug شاڭخەي Vietnamese: vi Thượng Hải (vi 上海) Xibe: sjo ᡧᠠᡢ ᡥᠠᡞ šang hai Latin: sh Šàngaj m Yiddish: yi שאַנכײַ Zhuang: za Sanghaij See also Noun en shanghai in its various senses derived from the Chinese city. References Further reading Shanghai shanghai n 177470 2020 shanghai v 177471 2019 shanghai shanghai shanghai. "shanghai" in Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary, 1908. en Chickens German Pronunciation de De-Shanghai.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun n de Schanghai Ido Etymology From io cmn 上海 Shànghǎi Upon-the-Sea. io: Proper noun io proper noun io Shanghai Q8686 Italian it: Alternative forms it Sciangai Etymology it cmn 上海 Shànghǎi Upon-the-Sea. Pronunciation Sciangài !Scián[x]ài Proper noun it Shanghai Q8686 Occitan oc: Alternative forms oc Shangai Gascony Proper noun oc Shanghai Q8686 Portuguese Proper noun f pt Xangai; pt Shanghai Q8686