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Definition of Shanghai dialect
1. Noun. A dialect of Chinese spoken in the Yangtze delta.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shanghai Dialect
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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