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Shanghainese|ʃæŋhaɪˈniːz|
[f. Shanghai (see shanghai n.) + -n- + -ese, after Chinese, etc.]
The Chinese dialect of the Wu group spoken in Shanghai; a native or inhabitant of Shanghai (also collect.). Also attrib. or as adj.
1964Asia Mag. 12 July 22/3 The Chinese [in Hong Kong]..speak no less than seven tongues—Cantonese, Hoklo,..Shanghainese, Chiuchow and Fukienese. 1965M. West Ambassador vi. 116 He looked more like a Shanghainese than a Viet. 1970T. Lilly Projects Section iv. 36 The Shanghainese must surely be among the most handsome people in the world. 1971K. Hopkins Hong Kong 225 Shanghainese firms were mainly established in Hong Kong, in the late 1940s and early 1950s, by capitalists from Shanghai who fled from Communism. 1977H. Fast Immigrants ii. 114 ‘You see, my mother is Shanghainese—.’ ‘Not really,’ Feng Wo interrupted. ‘She comes from a tiny village to the south of the city.’ Ibid. 115, I was speaking Shanghainese and Mandarin before I ever knew a word of English. |