IPA Transcription of "shanghai" in American English

The American English IPA transcription of “shanghai” is /ˈʃæŋˈhaɪ/.

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Dialect Variants

DialectIPAPOS
English (Australia)/ʃæŋˈhɑe/
English (Australia)/ˈʃæŋhɑe/
English (United Kingdom)/ʃæŋˈhaɪ/

Similar Pronunciations

/næŋkaɪ/1

/ʃæŋhaɪz/1

Derivations

Items

  • Shanghaiprovincial-level municipality in China
  • Shanghai2010 film directed by Mikael Håfström
  • Shanghai2012 film directed by Dibakar Banerjee
  • ShanghaiAmerican action-comedy movie series
  • Shanghai1986 video game
  • ShanghaiWikimedia disambiguation page
  • Shanghaiunincorporated community in Berkeley County, West Virginia
  • Shanghai1935 American film directed by James Flood
  • Shanghaiunincorporated community in Virginia, United States
  • ShanghaiSwedish synth-pop band

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