shanghai meaning in Tamil
ஷாங்காயிங்
/ʃæŋˈhaɪ//ˈʃæŋ.haɪ/
shanghai in Tamil: ஷாங்காயிங், ஷாங்காய்ங், ஷங்காயிங். In English, shanghai means to force or trick someone to go somewhere or do something against their will or interest, particularly.
Tamil words for shanghai
- ஷாங்காயிங், ஷாங்காய்ங், ஷங்காயிங்
English meaning of shanghai
- verb To force or trick someone to go somewhere or do something against their will or interest, particularly.
- verb To press-gang sailors, especially (historical) for shipping or fishing work.
- verb To trick a suspect into entering a jurisdiction in which they can be lawfully arrested.
- verb To transfer a serviceman against their will.
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 Tamil
- What is the meaning of shanghai in Tamil?
- Shanghai in Tamil is ஷாங்காயிங், ஷாங்காய்ங், ஷங்காயிங்.
- shanghai என்பதன் தமிழ் அர்த்தம் என்ன?
- Shanghai: ஷாங்காயிங், ஷாங்காய்ங், ஷங்காயிங்.
- 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
Tamil 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 Tamil 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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