Useful Phrases in the Shanghai Dialect

by Gilbert McIntosh

N
		Page.
Name	Sing, ‘au	[1]
„	Ming-deu	[1],[2],[17]
Narrow	‘Ah	[58],[91]
Native	Pung-di	[22],[58]
Neighbor	Ling-so	[96]
Newspaper	Sing-vung-ts	[84]
New	Sing-kuh	[32],[40]
„ year	Sing-nyien	[101]
Next	‘Au	[35],[52]
„	Kah-pih	[44]
Next year	Khe-nyien	[52]
„ week	‘Au-li-pa	[76]
Night	Ya-deu	[47],[102]
Ningpo	Nyung-poo	[17],[87]
North	Pok	[92]
Not	’Veh	[3],[9],[12]
Now	Yien-dze	[16],[40],[52]

O
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Oatmeal	Da-mak-fung	[28],[29]
O’clock	Tien-tsoong	[24],[68]
Office	Sia-z kan	[89]
Officer	Ban z kuh	[6]
Oil (Kerosene)	Hoo-yeu	[28],[29]
Old	Lau	[17]
Oldest	Ting-doo kuh	[7]
Only	Tsuh-yeu	[44]
„	Peh-koo	[91]
Open	Khe	[24],[42]
Opinion	I-s	[18]
Opium	Ia-phien-ien	[48]
Oranges	Kyoeh-ts	[28],[29]
Or	‘Ok-z	[91]
Order	Ding	[12]
Organ	Foong-jung	[99]
Other	Bih-kuh	[44],[75]
Out	Nga-deu	[51]
Outlay	Fi-yoong	[23]
Outside	Nga deu	[92]

P
		Page.
Pagoda	Thah	[82]
Paid	Foo	[10],[35],[41]
„	Wen	[14]
Painting	Wo-doo	[83]
Paper	Ts	[84]
Parcel	Pau	[11],[43],[85]
Parents	Ya-nyang	[95]
Pass	Pha-s	[16]
Pass-book	Boo-ts	[44]
Pattern	Yang-ts	[53]
Pattern	Yang-suh	[58]
Pay	Be	[62]
„	Foo	[15],[41]
Peaches	Dau-ts	[28],[29]
Pen	Pih	[86]
People	Nyung	[75]
Perhaps	Khoong-pho	[47]
Pheasant	Ya-kyi	[28],[29]
Piano	Yang-jung	[99]
Picture	Wo-doo	[38],[99]
Piece	Jien	[62],[63]
Pile	Ih te	[85]
Pine apple	Poo-loo-mih	[28],[29]
Place	Di-faung	[39]
Plant	Hwo	[85]
Plate	Bung-ts	[80]
Please	Tshing	[10],[11],[14],[15]
Pocket	De	[55]
Police Office	Dzing-boo-vaung	[9]
Pony	Mo	[64],[65]
Pootung	Phoo-toong	[16],[17]
Post Office	Su-sing-kwen	[21],[43]
Pot	‘Oo	[32]
Pound	Paung	[26]
Prepare	Yui-be	[34]
Presently	Zieu	[31],[62]
Price	Ka-dien	[13],[19],[71]
Promise	Iung-hyui	[52]
Proper	Iung-ke-kuh	[39]
Proper	Kwe-kyui	[48]
Properly	Hau	[63]
Pumelo	Vung-tan	[28],[29]
Purchase	Ma	[13]
Purchasing	Ma	[70]
Put	Pa	[39]
„	Faung	[43],[63]
Put on	Tsak	[51]
Put-up	Tsaung	[41]
„	Faung-‘au-chi	[10]

Q
		Page.
Quarter	Ih khuh	[102]
Quicker	Khwa-tien	[10],[68],[75]
Quickly	„	[16]

R
		Page.
Rain	Yui, yui-s	[2],[3]
Raining	Lauh-yui	[2],[10]
Raise (sail)	Tsha	[25]
Read	Dok	[74]
Ready?	Hau-me?	[30]
Real	Tsung-kuh	[71]
Receive	Seu	[15]
Recently	Jung-le	[3]
Red	‘Oong	[91]
Re-export	Tsen-kheu	[14]
Relative	Tshing-kyoen	[95]
Repair	Sieu	[31]
Require	Yoong	[22]
Return (back)	We-tsen-chi	[8]
Return home	Kyui chi	[47]
Rice	Mi	[28],[29]
Rice straw	Dau-za	[86]
Ricksha	Toong-yang-tsho	[8],[36]
Rickshaman	Tsho-foo	[96]
Right	Yeu-pien	[8],[92]
Right (correct)	Te kuh	[35]
„	’Veh tsho	[35]
Rising	Tsang	[18]
Road	Loo	[81]
Roast	Hoong	[27]
Roll up	Tang-chi-le	[25],[43]
Room	Vaung-ts	[37]
„	Kan	[41],[89]
Rope	Zung	[42],[81]
Rug	Than-ts	[65]
Run away	Dau-tseu	[69]
Russian	Ngoo-kok	[21]

S
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Saddle (verb)	Tsaung	[64]
„ (noun)	Oen-ts	[65]
Sail	Boong	[25]
Salt (noun)	Yien	[28],[29]
„ (adj.)	‘An	[30]
Same	Tsho-’veh-too	[19]
Sample	Yang-ts	[58]
Saturday	Li-pa-lok	[102]
Saucer	Dzo-pe	[80]
Say	Wo	[18],[44]
Scales	Paung-tshung	[100]
Scholar	‘Auh-sang-ts	[79],[95]
Scour	Tshah	[38]
Screen	Bing-foong	[83]
Scrolls	Te-lien	[84]
Scull	Yau	[24]
Second	Miau	[102]
Sedan chair	Jau-ts	[25],[83]
Sell	Ma-theh	[12],[13]
Servant	Yoong-nyung	[79],[95]
Sew	Voong	[51]
Shake	Teu-teu	[42],[50]
Shanghai	Zaung-he	[24]
Share	Koo	[88]
Shilling	Sien-ling	[18]
Ship	Zen	[6]
Shirt	‘Oen-san	[56]
Shoemaker	‘A-ziang	[96]
Shoes	‘A-ts	[41],[48],[84]
Shop	Tien	[84]
Short	Toen	[55],[91]
Shoulders	Kyien-paung	[55]
„	Kyung-kweh	[67]
Shroff	Seu-tsang	[20]
„	Seli-lau-fu	[20]
Shut	Kwan	[24]
Sick	Sang-bing	[4],[47]
Sieve	Pang-s	[100]
Silk	S-dzeu	[70],[85]
Silver	Nyung	[18]
Silversmith	Nyung-ziang	[96]
Silver ware	Nyung-chi	[70]
Singlet	Tshung-san	[53]
Sir	Sien-sang	[73]
Sister	Tsi-me	[95]
Sit	Zoo	[49]
Skirt	Juin	[57]
Sleeve	Zieu-ts	[57]
Slower	Man-tien	[10],[75]
Slowly	Man-le-si	[47]
Smoke	Ien	[3]
Smoke	Chuh-ien	[3],[43]
Snake	Zo	[81]
Snipe	Tsok-kyi	[28],[29]
Snow	Sih	[97]
So	Zeh-ke	[40]
So	Soo-i	[63],[76]
Soap	Bi-zau	[37]
Soda	Kan	[63]
Solder	‘Oeu	[32]
Some	Tien	[24]
Son	Nyi-ts	[7],[79],[95]
Soochow	Soo-tseu	[22]
Soon	Zieu	[7]
Soup	Thaung	[28]
South	Nen	[92]
Sovereign	Kyung-yang	[72]
Speak	Wo	[75]
Spinach	Poo-tshe	[28],[29]
Spoiled	Loong-wa	[61]
Stairs	Voo-thi	[83]
Starch	Tsiang	[61]
Start	Khe (zen)	[24]
„	Khe (tsho)	[25],[26]
Station	Tsho-dzan	[26]
Stay	Ding	[68]
Steady	’Wung-taung	[19]
Steam	Tsung	[27]
Steamer	Lung-zen	[9],[16],[43]
Stew	Tung	[27]
Stiff	Ngang	[61]
Still	Wan	[11]
Stockings	Mah	[50],[53]
Stones	Zak-deu	[85]
Store	Tien	[44]
Stop	Ding	[10],[24]
Storage	Dzan-tsoo	[5]
Stove	Hoo-loo	[41],[80]
Straw	Dau-za	[66]
Strawberries	Nga-kah yang-me	[28],[29]
Stream	‘Oo	[81]
Strong	Lau-kuh	[42]
Stronger	Hau-tien	[47]
Study	Dok-su	[73]
Substitute	Thi-koong	[40]
Sugar	Daung	[28],[29]
Summer	‘Au-thien	[54]
Sun	Nyih-deu	[41],[49]
Sunday	Li-pa-nyih	[101]
Supper	Ya-van	[34]
Surname	Sing	[1]
Sweep	Sau	[37]

T
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Table	De-ts	[36],[80]
Tailor	Ze-voong	[53],[57]
Take (drive)	Tsho	[9],[11]
„	Soong	[21],[43]
„	Ta	[26]
„ out	Tan tsheh-chi	[42]
Take off	Tan-chi	[65]
Taken (moved)	Pen	[39]
Tea	Dzo	[3],[27]
„	Dzo-yih	[28],[29]
Teacher	Sien-sang	[73],[95]
Tea-pot	Dzo-‘oo	[70]
Tear	Phoo	[61]
Tell	Kau-soo	[10],[11]
Thanks	Zia-zia	[3]
That	I-kuh	[90]
There	I-deu	[39],[92]
Therefore	Soo-i	[15],[51],[91]
Then	Keh-meh	[51]
„	Nan-meh	[91]
Thicker	‘Eu-tien	[34]
Think	Siang	[19],[48],[74]
Things	Meh-z	[35],[38]
This	Di-kuh	[13],[50],[59]
These	Di-we	[13]
Those	I-kuh	[90]
Thread	Sien	[81]
Thursday	Li-pa-s	[101]
Thus	Zeh-ke	[91]
Tickets	Phiau-ts	[45]
Tide	Dzau-s	[23]
Tie	Khwung	[42]
„ (noun)	Kyih-ts	[53]
Tiffin	Tsoong-van	[36]
Tight	Kyung	[58],[64]
Timber	Mok-deu	[81]
Tired	Sa-doo	[47]
To	Tau	[9]
Toast (to)	Hoong	[27]
To-day	Kyung-tsau	[2],[12],[18]
Told	Kau-soo	[60]
Too	Thuh	[3],[13]
„ late	ThThuh-anuh	[15]
„ much	Thuh-doo	[45]
To-morrow	Ming-tsau	[4],[21],[34]
To-night	Kyung-ya	[24]
Ton	Tung	[32]
Torn	Loong-wa	[61]
Tow	Thoo	[23]
„	Thoo-chien	[25]
Transaction	Sang-i	[88]
Tranship	Koo-zen	[14]
Tree	Zu	[85]
Trousers	Khoo-ts	[53]
Trunk	Siang-ts	[80]
Tuesday	Li-pa-nyi	[101]
Turkey	Hoo-kyi	[28],[29]
Turnips	Lau-bok	[28],[29]
Twice	Liang-we	[102]

U
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Umbrella	San	[80]
United States	Hwo-ji (see America)	[21]
Union Church	Soo-tseu-‘oo li-pa-daung	[11]
Until	Tuug	[68]
Upstairs	Leu-laung	[92]
Use	Yoong	[13],[30]

V
		Page.
Vegetables	Soo-tshe	[28],[29]
Verandah	Yang-de	[100]
Very	’Man	[2],[4],[91]
Very well	’Man-hau	[60]
Vet. surgeon	Mo-i	[66]
Visitor	Khak-nyung	[83]

W
		Page.
Wages	Koong-dien	[40],[41]
Wait	Tung-la	[8],[40]
Walk	Tseu	[65]
Want	I au	[8],[11],[12],[22]
Wardrobe	I-dzu	[100]
Wares	Hoo-suh	[71]
Warm	Nyih	[2],[31],[97]
Wash	Zing	[37],[49]
Washers	Nyien-dien	[68]
Washerman	Da-i-zaung-kuh	[50]
„	Zing-i-zaung-kuh	[61],[96]
Washstand	Kha-mien-de	[100]
Water	S	[15],[24],[27],[50]
Waterproof apron	Yeu-poo	[10]
Watch	Piau	[80]
Way	Loo	[9]
We	Nyi	[90]
Weather	Thien-chi	[2],[97]
Wednesday	Li-pa-san	[101]
Week	Li-pa	[35],[101]
Weighing	Dzoong	[26]
Well	Hau	[1],[4]
„ (noun)	Tsing	[86]
West	Si	[92]
Wharf	Mo-deu	[17]
What	Sa	[3],[13]
When	Kyi-z	[5],[13],[25]
Where?	‘A-li?	[10],[39]
Wheels	Lung-ben	[68]
Wheelbarrow	Siau-tsho	[43],[81]
Which	‘A-li	[90]
Whichever	Dzoe-bien	[90]
White	Bak	[91]
Who	Sa?	[90]
Why?	We-sa?	[40]
„	Sa yoen-koo?	[44],[62]
Wife	Nyang-ts	[6],[95]
Wine	Tsieu	[48]
Wind	Foong	[2],[24]
Window	Tshaung	[24],[37],[38],[44]
Wipe	Kha	[38]
Wish	Iau	[12],[74]
Woman	Nyui-nyung	[79]
Words	Seh-wo	[73]
Work	Sang-weh	[47]
Worse	Cheu	[13]
Wrap	Pau	[42]
Write	Sia	[75]