上海 in English
- Shanghai municipality (abbr. to 滬|沪[Hu4])
Stroke order
Show the animation Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
Show the animation Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
How it used to be written
上
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東晉 - See all 28 forms
海
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Bronze script 西周早期 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 13 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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上海以前有许多小河浜，其中有肇家浜、洋泾浜，现在都被填了。
There used to be a lot of small creeks in old time Shanghai, which included Zhaojia Creek and Yangjing Creek, but they're all covered up nowadays.
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上海夏天的最高温度要到三十八九度，真快热死了！
Shanghai summers can reach temperatures of up to 38-9 degrees. That is extremely hot!
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上海的人口数量和东京相当。
The population of Shanghai is as large as that of Tokyo.
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上海被称为东方的巴黎。
Shanghai is referred to as the Paris of the East.
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你会说上海话吗？
Can you speak Shanghainese?
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你和你妈用上海话聊天的时候，我只听得懂几个词，所以我插不上话。
When you speak Shanghainese with your mum, I only understand a few words, so I can't join in the conversation.
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你在上海要住多少时间？
How long are you going to stay in Shanghai?
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当然会的，不过上海话不太会讲。
Sure I can, although I can't really speak Shanghainese.