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shanghai meaning in Urdu

شانگھائینگ

/ʃæŋˈhaɪ//ˈʃæŋ.haɪ/

shanghai in Urdu: شانگھائینگ, شانگھائی, سانگھائی. In English, shanghai means to force or trick someone to go somewhere or do something against their will or interest, particularly.

Urdu words for shanghai

شانگھائینگ, شانگھائی, سانگھائی

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 Urdu

What is the meaning of shanghai in Urdu?
Shanghai in Urdu is شانگھائینگ, شانگھائی, سانگھائی.
shanghai کا اردو میں کیا مطلب ہے؟
Shanghai: شانگھائینگ, شانگھائی, سانگھائی.
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

Urdu 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 Urdu 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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