Hello. I'm interested in and am doing research on Shanghainese youth, street and college slang. What are Shanghainese slangs for:
tomboy
tough guy
tough girl
guy prone to fighting
girl prone to fighting
punk
ruffian
deliquent girl
delinquent boy
Please list as many slang translations as possible.
I'd like some help with Shanghainese slang-please help
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Hello. I'm doing research on Wu slang.
Someone told me "se pei" is a Shanghainese slang for "tough female".
Can someone please help me out with Shanghainese (Wu) slang?
Someone told me "se pei" is a Shanghainese slang for "tough female".
Can someone please help me out with Shanghainese (Wu) slang?
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Are there any posters here who speak Shanghainese?
I'm a shanghainese and live in Shanghai now.
You know it is very difficult to describe something or somebody with any other foreign languages which the meaning is as same as original.
Shanghainese belongs to wu language and a little bit different from Mandarin including words, grammer, pronunciation and so on if you know mandarin and Shanghainese.
Probably punk means 小阿飞
ruffian means 流氓
tough girl means za ba
You know it is very difficult to describe something or somebody with any other foreign languages which the meaning is as same as original.
Shanghainese belongs to wu language and a little bit different from Mandarin including words, grammer, pronunciation and so on if you know mandarin and Shanghainese.
Probably punk means 小阿飞
ruffian means 流氓
tough girl means za ba
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Hello billxiao-thank you for your responses and your help.billxiao wrote:I'm a shanghainese and live in Shanghai now.
You know it is very difficult to describe something or somebody with any other foreign languages which the meaning is as same as original.
Shanghainese belongs to wu language and a little bit different from Mandarin including words, grammer, pronunciation and so on if you know mandarin and Shanghainese.
Probably punk means 小阿飞
ruffian means 流氓
tough girl means za ba
I've seen the term "awu" used in Shanghai dialect which means "good-for-nothing".
I've seen the term "硬骨头 (ying4gu3tou2)" used,which means "tough guy"-is this a Shanghainese term?
Are there any Shanghinese slang terms for a "tomboy", or a "female that likes to do "guy" things", or "masculine female"?
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Hello billxiao-thank you for responding and for your help.
Is 假小子 a Shanghainese term for Tomboy?
Is 假小子 a Shanghainese term for Tomboy?
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Hello. Are there any members here who speak Shanghainese who can please help me out with my requests?
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Hello. How do you say "dragon" in Shanghainese?
Are there any Shanghainese slangs for "cool guy"? Please let me know.
Are there any Shanghainese slangs for "cool guy"? Please let me know.
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Are there any other Shanghainese terms for dragon besides "long"?