Synonyms for shanghai
ˈʃæŋ haɪ, ʃæŋˈhaɪshang·ha·i

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1. Shanghainoun

   A port city in China.

   Synonyms:
   press-gang

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1. Shanghaiverb

   the largest city of China; located in the east on the Pacific; one of the largest ports in the world

2. shanghai, impressverb

   take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship

   "The men were shanghaied after being drugged"

   Synonyms:
   imprint, move, ingrain, instill, strike, affect, yarn-dye, print, impress

Matched Categories

1. • Crime
   • Kidnap

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1. List of paraphrases for "shanghai":

   shangai, shanghainese

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How to use shanghai in a sentence?

1. Anders Levermann:

   The sea level rise from Western Antarctica will eventually submerge Hamburg, Shanghai, New York and Hong Kong, you can't negotiate with physics: that's the dilemma here.

2. Stefan Zwanzger:

   What's clear is that Shanghai Disneyland will have much more of a wow factor than the Hong Kong park that opened in 2005, hong Kong opened with minimal attractions, but Shanghai right from the start has had a bigger budget and will be much more complete.

3. Chairman Abu Bakar Suleiman:

   China is big, so it's not just about going into Beijing and Shanghai, for the private sector, these are very early days. We feel it's a good thing for us to come in now.

4. Zheng Weigang:

   Everybody believes that the government will support the market by permitting IPOs to resume, so each small fall in the index is taken by many as an opportunity to obtain bargains. As such, there is little room for the index to correct, and many now believe that the main Shanghai Composite Index is heading for 4,000 points shortly.

5. Andy Murray:

   To be honest, I believe Nick Kyrgios likes playing on big stages. I would expect Nick Kyrgios to be ready for The Shanghai match. Nick Kyrgios gets fired up for big matches, every match is a new match. Nick Kyrgios's Nick Kyrgios.