Cómo Pronunciar "shanghai"

word

/ˈʃæŋˈhaɪ/

shang-HY

/ʃæŋhˈaɪ/

shang-HY

Definición

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.

Transcripción IPA

Inglés Americano

/ˈʃæŋˈhaɪ/

Inglés Británico

/ʃæŋhˈaɪ/

Pronunciación Simplificada

EE.UU.

shang-HY

Escucha en Contexto

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.