Explore Shanghai through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like city or metropolis. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Shanghai meaning
- To force or trick someone to go somewhere or do something against their will or interest, particularly
- To press-gang sailors, especially (historical) for shipping or fishing work.
Shanghai vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Shanghai
- The main meaning on this page is: To force or trick someone to go somewhere or do something against their will or interest, particularly | To force or trick someone to go somewhere or do something against their will or interest, particularly | To press-gang sailors, especially (historical) for shipping or fishing work.
- Useful related words include: city, metropolis, urban center, port.
- Possible Dutch translations are: sjanghaaien.
- In the example corpus, shanghai often appears in combinations such as: in shanghai, the shanghai, shanghai and.
Context around Shanghai
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26 words
- Position in the sentence: 13 start, 7 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Shanghai
- In this selection, "shanghai" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, opened, downtown, new, auto, city and international stand out and add context to how "shanghai" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include by the shanghai city government and at its shanghai plant the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "shanghai" sits close to words such as haley, hindu and hunters, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with shanghai
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Shanghai Stock Exchange in the Lujiazui Financial district of Shanghai on Sept. 22, 2015. (14 words)
A man cycles pass the Shanghai Waigaoqiao Power Generator Company coal power plant in Shanghai. (15 words)
Fashion Two women wear Shanghai-styled qipao while playing golf in this 1930s Shanghai soap advertisement. (16 words)
Of the new Shanghai cases imported from Italy, three were Chinese people who worked in Italy and flew to Shanghai via Moscow, according to the city's municipal health commission, while the fourth was an Italian who flew in via Paris. (41 words)
SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Global automakers, including Toyota and Volkswagen, took the stage at the Shanghai auto show on Tuesday with built-for-China and electric-drive products to compete for a high-stakes comeback in the world's largest market. (39 words)
For example, the Port of Shanghai in China is world largest in terms of cargo volume and it is managed by a public listed company, the Shanghai International Port, but Shanghai Municipal Government owns 44.23 percent stake. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
For example, the Port of Shanghai in China is world largest in terms of cargo volume and it is managed by a public listed company, the Shanghai International Port, but Shanghai Municipal Government owns 44.23 percent stake.
A depiction of our planet Earth is seen as people visit the recently-opened Shanghai Planetarium in Shanghai on July 30, 2021.
Melo Trimble (3) of the Shanghai Sharks goes for a layup during their game against the Jiangsu Dragons in Shanghai, Friday.
SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Global automakers, including Toyota and Volkswagen, took the stage at the Shanghai auto show on Tuesday with built-for-China and electric-drive products to compete for a high-stakes comeback in the world's largest market.
While Tesla has not revealed details on increasing output at its Shanghai plant, the company said it would build a battery farm in Shanghai to produce Megapack energy storage units.
Despite being in downtown Shanghai, Machina-A Shanghai essentially sat in a neighborhood-focused shopping area not walkable from other popular fashion destinations.
A man cycles pass the Shanghai Waigaoqiao Power Generator Company coal power plant in Shanghai.
Of the new Shanghai cases imported from Italy, three were Chinese people who worked in Italy and flew to Shanghai via Moscow, according to the city's municipal health commission, while the fourth was an Italian who flew in via Paris.
Shanghai Disneyland, which opened in 2016, is a joint venture between Walt Disney Co. and a company owned by the Shanghai city government.
The restaurant serves authentic Shanghai cuisine, embracing the culinary styles of Shanghai and its neighbouring provinces, Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
Visitors to Shanghai Disney are required to show government-issued identification and use a smartphone app issued by the Shanghai city government that tracks their health and contacts with anyone who might have been exposed to the virus.
A visitor inspects items at Shanghai Vape Culture Week an e-cigarette commercial fair in Shanghai, Oct. 31, 2019.
Bloomberg data showed that in 2019, the 50 biggest companies on the Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges on average doubled their performance relative to the Shanghai Composite Index—which takes all securities into consideration.
People visit a Tesla booth during the media day for the Shanghai auto show in Shanghai, China on April 16, 2019.
SHANGHAI: Russian Daniil Medvedev pulverised Alexander Zverev 6-4 6-1 to lift his fourth title of the season at the Shanghai Masters on Sunday.
Shanghai Stock Exchange in the Lujiazui Financial district of Shanghai on Sept. 22, 2015.
The Intercontinental Shanghai Wonderland Hotel, built on the site of a former quarry near Shanghai, is seen Friday, a few days before it opens to the public.
Barnouin and Yu 37 Flight from Shanghai Fleeing Shanghai, Zhou made his way to Hankou (now part of Wuhan ), and was a participant at the CCP's 5th National Congress there from 27 April to 9 May.
Fashion Two women wear Shanghai-styled qipao while playing golf in this 1930s Shanghai soap advertisement.
Shanghai Pudong International Airport terminal at night Air Shanghai is one of the leading air transport gateways in Asia.
Common combinations with shanghai
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in shanghai 45×
- the shanghai 44×
- shanghai and 15×
- shanghai composite 12×
- and shanghai 10×
- shanghai cooperation 10×
- to shanghai 9×
- shanghai china 9×
- from shanghai 8×
- of shanghai 7×