洋涇浜

See also: 洋泾浜

Chinese

ocean; foreign name of a river stream; creek
trad. (洋涇浜)
simp. (洋泾浜)

Pronunciation


Proper noun

洋涇浜

  1. 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)
  2. Short for 洋涇浜英語洋泾浜英语 (Yángjīngbāng Yīngyǔ, “Chinese Pidgin English”).

Derived terms

Descendants

Noun

洋涇浜

  1. (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

  1. (Wu, chiefly Shanghainese, of one's speech of the local dialect) improper; with an accent
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