كيف تنطق "shanghai"
word
/ˈʃæŋˈhaɪ/
shang-HY
/ʃæŋhˈaɪ/
shang-HY
التعريف
To force someone to do something or go somewhere, especially by trickery or kidnapping. Originally, it referred to kidnapping people to make them work on ships.
نسخ IPA
الإنجليزية الأمريكية
/ˈʃæŋˈhaɪ/
الإنجليزية البريطانية
/ʃæŋhˈaɪ/
نطق مبسط
أمريكي
shang-HY
بريطاني
shang-HY
استمع في السياق
Sailors were sometimes shanghaied in old port cities.
He was shanghaied into helping us move.
People were afraid of being shanghaied at night.
I got shanghaied into babysitting for my neighbors this weekend.