Useful Phrases in the Shanghai Dialect

by Gilbert McIntosh

D
		Page.
Dark	Huh	[54]
Daughter	Noen	[7],[79],[95]
Day	Nyih	[3],[45]
Dear	Kyui	[13],[71]
Dialect (col.)	Thoo-bak	[73]
Dining-room	Chuh-van-kan	[99]
Dinner	Ya-van	[34]
Dirty	Auh-tshauh	[38],[62]
Discharging	Sia-hoo	[17]
Discount	Ngah-theh	[71]
Distinctly	Tshing-saung	[75]
Doctor	I-sang	[6],[46]
Dog	Keu	[80]
Dollar	Yang-dien	[45],[71]
Door	Mung	[37],[83]
Down	Tih	[18]
Downstairs	Leu-‘au	[92]
Draught screen	Bing-foong	[99]
Dry	‘Oen	[3]
„	Koen	[50]
Duck	Ah	[28],[29]
Dust, to	Toen koen-zing	[38]
Duty	Soe	[14]
„ memo	Soe-tan	[14]

E
		Page.
Each	‘Me	[23],[74]
Earlier	Tsau-tien	[34],[74]
Easier	Khwen-tien	[58]
Easily	Yoong-yi	[63]
East	Toong	[92]
Eat	Chuh	[51]
Ebb	The	[23]
Eggs	Dan	[28],[29]
Either	‘Ok-z	[91]
Embroidery	Koo-sieu	[70]
England	Iung-kok	[5]
Enough	Yeu-tse	[9]
„	Keu	[9],[45]
Evening	Ya-khwa	[102]
Exchange	‘Aung-dzing	[18]
„	Li-deu	[18]
„	Wen	[31],[45]
Export	Tsheh-kheu	[14],[15]
Extra	Ling-nga	[37]

F
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Family	Ih ka-mung	[7]
Fan	Sen-ts	[80]
Farmer	Tsoong-dien-nyung	[79]
Father	Ya	[95]
Favorable (tide)	Zung-s	[24]
„ (wind)	Zung-foong	[24]
Feed (verb)	Iui	[65]
„ „	Chuh	[66]
„ (noun)	Liau	[65]
Fever	Ngauh-ts	[46]
„	‘Oen-nyih	[46]
Few	’Veh-too	[73]
Few	Sau	[90]
Filter	So-loo-s kaung	[99]
Find (try to)	Zing	[62]
Finish	Tsoo-hau	[59]
„	Wen	[75]
Fire	Hoo	[30]
Firewood	Za	[28],[29],[33]
First	Sien	[39]
First class	Deu-tung	[26]
Fish	Ng	[28],[29]
Flag	Ji	[85]
Flannel	Fah-lan-nyoong	[50]
Floor	Di-pan	[37]
Flour	Mi-fung	[28],[29]
„	Koen-mien	[86]
Flow	Tsang	[23]
Flue	Ien-tshoong	[31]
Foggy	‘Oo-loo	[97]
Food	Chuh-kuh meh-z	[42]
Foot	Kyak	[28]
Foot rule	Tshak	[86]
Foot-stove	Kyak-loo	[42]
Foreign	Nga-kok	[10],[58]
Forenoon	Zaung-pen-nyih	[102]
Forget	Maung-kyi	[25]
Fowl	Kyi	[80]
French	Fah-kok	[21]
French Concession	Fah-tsoo-ka	[45]
Frenchman	Fah-kok nyung	[5]
Fresh	Dan	[30]
Friday	Li-pa-ng	[101]
Friend	Bang-yeu	[4],[34],[95]
Frost	Saung	[97]
Fruits	Koo-ts	[28],[29]
Fry	Tsien	[27],[30]
Fuel	Za	[85]
Furs	Bi-hoo	[70]

G
		Page.
Gardens	Hwo-yoen	[49],[99]
German	Tuh-kok nyung	[5]
„ bank	Tuh-wo nyung-‘aung	[8]
Get	Zing	[40]
Girth	Mo-doo-ta	[64]
Give	Peh	[50],[66]
Glass	Poo-li	[44],[82]
Go	Chi	[8],[9],[22]
„ (run)	Bau	[10]
Going out	Tsheh-chi	[34]
Go (stop)	Ding	[40]
Godown	Dzan-vaung	[15]
Going away	Tsheh-mung	[62]
Gold	Kyung	[1]
Good	Hau	[3],[4],[91]
Good-bye	Man chi (etc.)	[4]
Good morning	Tsau-‘a	[1]
Goods	Hoo-suh	[13],[15]
Goose	Ngoo	[28],[29]
Grapes	Beh-dau	[28],[29]
Great Lake	Tha-‘oo	[22]
Great (much)	Doo	[2]
Green	Lok	[91]
Greetings	Maung maung	[7]
Guests	Khak-nyung	[36]

H
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Half	Pen	[32],[45]
Hammer	Laung-deu	[80]
Hangchow	‘Aung-tseu	[22]
Harness	Mo ka-sang	[68]
Hat	Mau-ts	[48]
Have	Yeu	[10],[12],[14]
He	Yi	[4]
Help	Siang-paung	[37],[39]
Here	Di-deu	[8],[37],[92]
„	Ths-di	[24],[92]
High	Kau	[55],[91]
„	Kyui	[19]
Hills	San	[22]
Home	Ok-li	[47]
Hongkew	‘Oong-kheu	[17]
Hongkong & Shanghai Bank	We-foong	[8]
Honorable	Kwe	[5]
Hood	Boong-poo	[10]
Horse	Mo	[64]
Hospital	I-yoen	[46]
Hot	Nyih	[2],[24],[28]
Hot	Khe	[28]
„	Yaung	[30]
Hoteldes Colonies	Mih-tshe-li	[94]
Hotel	Khak-nyui	[11]
House (home)	Ok-li	[25]
House	Vaung-ts	[34],[82]
How	Na-nung	[18],[91]
How are you?	Hau la va?	[1]
How many?	Kyi? Kyi-kuh?	[2],[22]
How much?	Kyi-hau?	[14],[15]
Humble	Bi	[5]
Hurt	Saung	[67]
Husband	Dzang-foo	[95]

I
		Page.
I	Ngoo	[3]
Ice	Ping	[33],[97]
Ice-box	Ping-siang	[33]
Idiom	Wo-fah	[75]
Idle	Lan-doo	[40]
Idol	Boo-sah	[84]
If	Zak-z	[13],[91]
Ill	Mau-bing	[46]
Imperial Customs	Sing-kwan	[9]
Imperial P.O.	Yeu-tsung-jok	[43]
Import	Tsing-kheu	[13],[15]
Important	Iau-kyung	[74]
Impossible	Le-’veh-ji	[59]
Increase	Ka	[52]
Inside	Li-hyang	[55],[92]
Interrogative sign	Va?	[1]
Iron	Thih	[81]
Is	Z	[1]

J
		Page.
Jacket	Mo-kwo	[53],[57]
Japan	Tooug-yang	[21]
Jar	Peh-deu	[32]
Jardine’s	Yi-‘woo	[17]
Jetty	Mo-deu	[9]
Jelly	Toong	[28]
Just now	Yien-dze	[21],[52]

K
		Page.
Kerosene oil	Hoo-yeu	[28],[29]
Kettle	S-‘oo	[32]
Key	Yak-dz	[99]
Kitchen	Sau-van-kan	[99]
Knit	Kyih	[51]
Know	Nyung-tuh	[9]
„	Hyau-tuh	[46]
Kong	Kaung	[32]

L
		Page.
Labour	Koong-foo	[54]
Ladder	Voo-thi	[83]
Lamp	Tung	[36],[67]
Land	Di-bi	[82]
Late	Man	[13]
„	An	[15]
Laudah	Lau-da	[22]
Lazy	lan-doo	[41]
Leak	Leu	[33]
Learn	‘Auh	[51],[73]
Leave	Ding, li-khe	[52]
Leaving	Li-khe	[62]
Left	Tsi-pien	[8],[92]
Less	Sau	[35]
Let	Nyang	[58]
Letter	Sing	[21],[43],[76]
Lichees	Li-ts	[28],[29]
Light (verb)	Tien	[36]
Lighter (thinner)	Bok-tien	[54]
Listen	Thing	[75]
Little	Sau	[9]
Lock	Soo	[99]
Long	Dzang	[55],[91]
Looking glass	Kyung-ts	[99]
Loose	Khwen	[58],[64]
„	Soong	[68]
Lost	Seh-theh-tse	[62]
Low	Ti	[91]
„ (cheap)	Jang	[19]
Lowdah	Lau-da	[22]
Lower (sail)	Lauh	[35]
Lower	‘Au-tien	[64]
Luggage	‘Ang-li	[25]

M
		Page.
Mafoo	Mo-foo	[64]
Mail	Siug	[43]
Make	Tsoo	[28],[53]
Mau	Nyung	[79]
Mandarin (dialect)	Kwen-wo	[73]
Many	Too-hau	[90]
Map	Di-doo	[83]
Market	Ka-laung	[28]
„	Z-mien	[19],[20]
„	Ka	[34]
Marks	Kyi-‘au	[17]
Mason	Ni-s-ziang	[79],[96]
Master	Toong-ka	[95]
Matches	Z-le-hoo	[28],[29]
Matters	Z-thi	[76]
Me	Ngoo	[9]
Meals	Chuli-van	[31]
Meat	Nyok	[28],[29]
Medicine	Yak	[46],[87]
Mend	Sieu	[32],[33]
„	Poo	[50]
Merchant	Sang-i-nyung	[6]
Mexican	Iung-yang	[72]
Mirror	Kyung-ts	[85]
Milk	Nyeu-na	[28],[29]
Mine	Ngoo-kuh	[44]
Mistake	’Veh te	[35]
„	tsho	[35]
Missing	Choeh-sau	[62]
Missionary	Dzen-dau-kuh	[6]
Monday	Li-pa-ih	[101]
Money (price)	Ka-dien	[45]
Month	Nyoeh	[40],[52]
More	Too	[35]
„	Too-tien	[56]
Morning	Tsau	[1],[34]
„	Tsau-zung	[73],[102]
Mother	Nyang	[95]
Much	Too	[3]
Mule	Loo-ts	[82]
Must	Iau	[51]
Mutton (various)		[28],[29]
My	Ngoo-kuh	[2]