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shanghai meaning in Malayalam

ഷാങ്ഹായിംഗ്

/ʃæŋˈhaɪ//ˈʃæŋ.haɪ/

shanghai in Malayalam: ഷാങ്ഹായിംഗ്, ഷാങ്ഹായിങ്, ഷാങ്ഹായ്ങ്. In English, shanghai means to force or trick someone to go somewhere or do something against their will or interest, particularly.

Malayalam words for shanghai

ഷാങ്ഹായിംഗ്, ഷാങ്ഹായിങ്, ഷാങ്ഹായ്ങ്

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

shanghai in other languages

Questions about shanghai in Malayalam

What is the meaning of shanghai in Malayalam?
Shanghai in Malayalam is ഷാങ്ഹായിംഗ്, ഷാങ്ഹായിങ്, ഷാങ്ഹായ്ങ്.
shanghai എന്നതിന്റെ മലയാളം അർത്ഥം എന്താണ്?
Shanghai: ഷാങ്ഹായിംഗ്, ഷാങ്ഹായിങ്, ഷാങ്ഹായ്ങ്.
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

Malayalam 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 Malayalam words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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