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shanghai meaning in Punjabi

ਸ਼ੰਘਾਈ

/ʃæŋˈhaɪ//ˈʃæŋ.haɪ/

shanghai in Punjabi: ਸ਼ੰਘਾਈ, ਸ਼ੰਘਾਈਂਗ, ਸ਼ੰਘਾਈੰਗ. In English, shanghai means to force or trick someone to go somewhere or do something against their will or interest, particularly.

Punjabi words for shanghai

ਸ਼ੰਘਾਈ, ਸ਼ੰਘਾਈਂਗ, ਸ਼ੰਘਾਈੰਗ

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 Punjabi

What is the meaning of shanghai in Punjabi?
Shanghai in Punjabi is ਸ਼ੰਘਾਈ, ਸ਼ੰਘਾਈਂਗ, ਸ਼ੰਘਾਈੰਗ.
shanghai ਦਾ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਕੀ ਅਰਥ ਹੈ?
Shanghai: ਸ਼ੰਘਾਈ, ਸ਼ੰਘਾਈਂਗ, ਸ਼ੰਘਾਈੰਗ.
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

Punjabi 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 Punjabi 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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