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Definitions for Shanghai
ˈʃæŋ haɪ, ʃæŋˈhaɪshang·ha·i
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Princeton's WordNet
Shanghaiverb
the largest city of China; located in the east on the Pacific; one of the largest ports in the world
shanghai, impressverb
take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship
"The men were shanghaied after being drugged"
Wiktionary
shanghainoun
A slingshot.
shanghaiverb
To force or trick (someone) into joining a ship which is lacking a full crew.
shanghaiverb
To abduct or coerce.
shanghaiverb
To commandeer; appropriate; hijack
Let's see if we can shanghai a room for a couple of hours.
Shanghainoun
A port city in China.
Shanghainoun
A type of long-legged chicken believed to be of Asian origin.
Etymology: From 上海, with reference to the former practice of forcibly crewing ships heading for the Orient.
Webster Dictionary
Shanghaiverb
to intoxicate and ship (a person) as a sailor while in this condition
Shanghainoun
a large and tall breed of domestic fowl
Freebase
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in the People's Republic of China and the largest city proper by population in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities of the PRC, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010. It is a global city, with influence in commerce, culture, finance, media, fashion, technology, and transport. It is a major financial center and the busiest container port in the world. Located in the Yangtze River Delta in East China, Shanghai sits at the mouth of the Yangtze River in the middle portion of the Chinese coast. The municipality borders the provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the north, south and west, and is bounded to the east by the East China Sea. For centuries a major administrative, shipping, and trading town, Shanghai grew in importance in the 19th century due to European recognition of its favorable port location and economic potential. The city was one of several opened to foreign trade following the British victory over China in the First Opium War and the subsequent 1842 Treaty of Nanking which allowed the establishment of the Shanghai International Settlement. The city then flourished as a center of commerce between east and west, and became the undisputed financial hub of the Asia Pacific in the 1930s. However, with the Communist Party takeover of the mainland in 1949, trade was reoriented to focus on socialist countries, and the city's global influence declined. In the 1990s, the economic reforms introduced by Deng Xiaoping resulted in an intense re-development of the city, aiding the return of finance and foreign investment to the city.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Shanghai
shang-hī′, n. a long-legged hen with feathered shanks, said to have been introduced from Shanghai in China: (U.S.) a tall dandy.—v.t. (naut. ) to hocus a sailor and ship him while insensible: (U.S.) to get a person by some artifice into a jurisdiction where he can lawfully be arrested.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Shanghai
the chief commercial city and port of China, on the Wusung, an affluent of the Yangtse-kiang, 12 m. from the coast, and 160 m. SE. of Nanking; large, densely-peopled suburbs have grown round the closely-packed and walled city, which, with its narrow, unclean streets, presents a slovenly appearance; the French and English occupy the broad-streeted and well-built suburbs in the N.; the low-lying site exposes the city to great heat in the summer, and to frequent epidemics of cholera and fever; an extensive system of canals draws down a great part of the interior produce, and swells the export trade in tea, silk, cotton, rice, sugar, &c.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
shanghai
A seaport city of China, in the province of Kiangsu, on the river Woo-sung, one of the five ports opened for European commerce. It was captured by the British, June 19, 1842, by the Taeping rebels, September, 1853; retaken by the imperialists, 1855. The rebels were defeated near here by the English and French, allies of the emperor, March 1, 1862.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Shanghai in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Shanghai in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of Shanghai in a Sentence
This money I wanted to take back to my hometown and start a business with, one million yuan in Shanghai isn't enough to have a life in Shanghai, you can't buy an apartment.
Our interest is to build up financial technology in Asia and capitalise on the financial boom in Singapore and Shanghai.
It's like gossip. All of a sudden the Jews heard about Shanghai visas, and they were desperate to escape. So the name Shanghai spread very fast like wild fire, and also the fact that Shanghai did not need any kind of document.
There are some hopes that a series of Chinese economic data due early next week will give investors relief, traditionally Chinese shares perform relatively well around the time of lunar new year and Shanghai shares also appear to be supported around the 3,000 mark even as they briefly fell below that level yesterday.
In a place like Shanghai, you hear stories that show the rise in social discontent, the rise in socioeconomic cost, but in smaller cities like( Ruili) and New York.In Dandong, you won't get a sense of what's going on until such stories become headlines on social media.
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