Definition of Shanghai dialect

1. Noun. A dialect of Chinese spoken in the Yangtze delta.

Exact synonyms: Wu, Wu Dialect
Generic synonyms: Chinese

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shanghai Dialect

Shamash
Shambala
Shambhala
Shamika
Shamsher Jang
Shan
Shana
Shanae
Shandong
Shane
Shang
Shang dynasty
Shangaan
Shangani
Shanghai
Shanghai dialect (current term)
Shanghainese
Shangri-la
Shani
Shaniqua
Shankar
Shannon
Shannon entropies
Shannon entropy
Shannonian
Shans
Shantou
Shanxi
Shapiro
Shapley

Literary usage of Shanghai dialect

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1873)
"... Grammar of the Chinese Language" (Hong Kong, 1864); Edkins, "A Grammar of Colloquial Chinese, as exhibited in the Shanghai dialect" (Shanghai, 1853; ..."

2. L. Richard's ... Comprehensive Geography of the Chinese Empire and by Louis Richard (1908)
"Macgowan J. — A Collection of Phrases in the Shanghai dialect. Shanghai, 1862. Macintosh G. — Useful Phrases in the Shanghai dialect. Shanghai, 1906. ..."

3. L. Richard's ... Comprehensive Geography of the Chinese Empire and by Louis Richard, M. Kennelly (1908)
"A Collection of Phrases in the Shanghai dialect. Shanghai, 1862. Macintosh G. — Useful Phrases in the Shanghai dialect. Shanghai, 1906. ..."

4. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"... Grammar of the Chinese Language" (Hong Kong, 1864); Edkins, "A Grammar of Colloquial Chinese, as exhibited in the Shanghai dialect" (Shanghai, 1853; ..."

5. Confucian Feminist: Memoirs of Zeng Baosun (1893-1978) by Baosun Zeng, Thomas L. Kennedy (2002)
""Stupid as a pig" in Hunan dialect sounds very close to "devil" in Shanghai dialect. A classmate heard us speaking in Hunan dialect and told the teacher on ..."

6. Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies by Thomas Wright (1884)
"Edkins—A GRAMMAR OF COLLOQUIAL CHINESE, as exhibited in the Shanghai dialect. By J. EDKINS, BA Second edition, corrected. 8vo. half-calf, pp. viii. and 223. ..."

7. Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India by John Muir (1874)
"A GRAMMAR op COLLOQUIAL CHINESE, as exhibited in the Shanghai dialect. By J. EDKINS, 13. ... A VOCABULARY OF THE Shanghai dialect. By J. EDKINS. ..."

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