上海话

上海話

shànghǎihuà

noun

Meanings

1 Shanghainese
2 Shanghai dialect
3 Shanghai Wu

Characters

speech, dialect

Examples

我老婆是上海人,但她不太会说上海话。

Wǒ lǎopó shì Shànghǎi rén, dàn tā bù tài huì shuō Shànghǎihuà.

My wife is from Shanghai but can't really speak Shanghainese.

侬好是上海话的你好。

'Nóng hǎo' shì Shànghǎihuà de 'nǐ hǎo'.

'Nong ho' is 'hello' in Shanghainese.

很多年轻的上海人已经不会说上海话了。

Hěn duō niánqīng de Shànghǎi rén yǐjīng bù huì shuō Shànghǎihuà le.

Many young Shanghainese can no longer speak the dialect.

Tips

culture

Part of the Wu (吴) language family, not mutually intelligible with Mandarin. Has voiced initials and tone sandhi systems unlike Mandarin. Under real generational pressure: Putonghua-first education has sharply reduced fluent speakers born after 2000.

Stroke Order

上 shàng

海 hǎi

话 huà