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What is the meaning of this word?

vivi23

vivi23

China

last week,my English teacher asked us a question: “shanghai”,what is the meaning of this word, I did not understand at that time, but after class ,I still don’t understand.

02:33 PM Apr 11 2013 |

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colombac

Viet Nam

 shanghi  sound like  chinsese shanghi  is the  name of  teacher


  its  sound  also   like place in  china

05:17 PM Apr 11 2013 |

DAMAVAND

DAMAVAND

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

you can google this word,i did it and got intresting definition. i didn’t know it before and thought it was just a name for chinese port ;)


thanks for new idea :D

08:28 PM Apr 11 2013 |

ramezany

ramezany

Afghanistan

Shanghai has 2 meaning:


1_Port city in china


2_In Nautical field,it means kid napping and force to serve on a boat.

06:47 AM Apr 25 2013 |

DormatStan

Taiwan

Shanghai = 上海 What you say is exactly what that means.

12:52 PM Apr 28 2013 |