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shanghai meaning in Hindi

शंघाईंग

/ʃæŋˈhaɪ//ˈʃæŋ.haɪ/

shanghai in Hindi: शंघाईंग, शंघाइंग, शंघाई. In English, shanghai means to force or trick someone to go somewhere or do something against their will or interest, particularly.

Hindi words for shanghai

शंघाईंग, शंघाइंग, शंघाई

English meaning of shanghai

  1. verb To force or trick someone to go somewhere or do something against their will or interest, particularly.
  2. verb To press-gang sailors, especially (historical) for shipping or fishing work.
  3. verb To trick a suspect into entering a jurisdiction in which they can be lawfully arrested.
  4. verb To transfer a serviceman against their will.

Full definition of shanghai

shanghai in a sentence

  • Let's see if we can shanghai a room for a couple of hours.

Synonyms of shanghai

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Questions about shanghai in Hindi

What is the meaning of shanghai in Hindi?
Shanghai in Hindi is शंघाईंग, शंघाइंग, शंघाई.
shanghai का हिंदी में क्या अर्थ है?
Shanghai: शंघाईंग, शंघाइंग, शंघाई.
What does shanghai mean in English?
Shanghai means to force or trick someone to go somewhere or do something against their will or interest, particularly.

Source and license

Hindi words: machine translation by IndicTrans2 (AI4Bharat, MIT license), kept only when it translates back to “shanghai”. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: shanghai (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Hindi words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Shanghai.wav, en-us-shanghai.ogg, en-au-shanghai.ogg.

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