Word Meaning 上海

しゃんはい shanhai

上海 is read as しゃんはい (shanhai) and means Shanghai (China).

Meaning

English

  1. Shanghai (China)

Reading

Kana

しゃんはい

Romaji

shanhai

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Rank 23755 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

上海証券取引所

しゃんはいしょうけんとりひきじょ

Shanghai Stock Exchange

上海協力機構

しゃんはいきょうりょくきこう

Shanghai Cooperation Organization

上海交通大学

しゃんはいこうつうだいがく

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

上海事変

しゃんはいじへん

Battle of Shanghai (1937)

海上

かいじょう

on the sea

海上自衛隊

かいじょうじえいたい

Maritime Self Defense Forces (Defence)

海上保安庁

かいじょうほあんちょう

Japan Coast Guard

第一次上海事変

だいいちじしゃんはいじへん

Shanghai Incident (1932)

第二次上海事変

だいにじしゃんはいじへん

Battle of Shanghai (1937)

海上保安

かいじょうほあん

Japan Coast Guard

管区海上保安本部

かんくかいじょうほあんほんぶ

Regional Maritime Safety Headquarters

海上自衛官

かいじょうじえいかん

member of the Maritime Self-Defense Force

Example Sentences

9

I'm Shanghainese.

I'm going to Shanghai tomorrow.

We want to go to Beijing and Shanghai.

Hrmmm, to judge from their looks they might be from Shanghai.

There are many more beautiful ladies in Shanghai than in Tokyo.

The population of Shanghai is as large as that of Tokyo.

I left Shanghai last year and have not yet been back.

One hundred and fifty thousand couples are expected to get married in Shanghai in 2006.

Visiting one of Shanghai's recently developed parks and green spaces is also exciting!