"Shanghainese" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
上海话 上海話 shàng hǎi huà Shanghainese / Shanghai dialect
沪语 滬語 hù yǔ Shanghainese / Shanghai dialect
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
帮帮忙 幫幫忙 bāng bang máng to help / to do a favor / (Shanghainese) Come on! / Give me a break!
本帮菜 本幫菜 běn bāng cài Shanghainese food
水汀 shuǐ tīng steam (Shanghainese)
水门汀 水門汀 shuǐ mén tīng cement (Shanghainese) (loanword) syn
钵头 缽頭 bō tóu earthen bowl (Shanghainese) syn
大拐 dà guǎi to turn left (Shanghainese)
小拐 xiǎo guǎi to turn right (Shanghainese)
要西了 yào xī le (coll.) unbearable (Shanghainese)
大转 大轉 dà zhuǎn to turn left (Shanghainese)
小转 小轉 xiǎo zhuǎn to turn right (Shanghainese)
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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