洋涇浜
See also: 洋泾浜
Chinese
ocean; foreign | name of a river | stream; creek | ||
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trad. (洋涇浜) | 洋 | 涇 | 浜 | |
simp. (洋泾浜) | 洋 | 泾 | 浜 |
Pronunciation
Proper noun
洋涇浜
- Yangjingbang, a former tributary of the Huangpu River in Shanghai, now filled and known as Yan'an East Road (延安東路/延安东路)
- Short for 洋涇浜英語/洋泾浜英语 (Yángjīngbāng Yīngyǔ, “Chinese Pidgin English”).
Descendants
- English: Yangjingbang
- French: Yangjingbang, Yang-King-Pang
Noun
洋涇浜
- (Wu, chiefly Shanghainese) a person who does not speak proper Shanghainese (or another language); a non-local who speaks Shanghainese with an accent
Adjective
洋涇浜
- (Wu, chiefly Shanghainese, of one's speech of the local dialect) improper; with an accent
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