Shanghai Dialect

Shanghai Dialect   Useful Phrases and Expressions English Chinese pinyin Pronunciation Mandarin Shanghainese Hello ni hao knee-how nong haw Goodbye zai jian tsai chee-en tseh way Thank you xie xie she-eh she-eh shya shya Sorry dui bu qi do-eh boo chee tay ver ch’ee you’re welcome bu ke qi boo ke chee ver k’uk ch’ee correct/right dui do-eh tay telephone dian hua dee-an hwa dee woo surf the Web shang wang shang hwan zang mang toilet ce suo tsur swo ts’i soo turn left zuo zhuan dzwo joo-an tsoo tsoe turn right you zhuan Yew joo-an yew tsoe go straight zhi zou gee dzow zuk tsew hotel jiu dian gee-ow dee-an jew tee airport fei ji chang fay gee charn fee jee zang train station huo che zhan hoo-oh chir ge-an hoo ts’oo zeh metro di tie dee tee-eh dee t’ik taxi chu zu che choo dzoo chir ts’uk tsi ts’oo How much? duo shao qian? dwor shau chien? jee dee? too expensive tai gui tie gway t’uk jyu cheap pian yi pee-an yee bee nee too big tai da tie da t’uk doo too small tai xiao tie shee-au t’uk shyo beer pi jiu pee gee-ow bee jew water shui shoo-eh si tea cha char zoo settle the bill mai dan my dan mah teh bar/pub jiu ba gee-ow bar jew pa restaurant can guan tsan gwan veh tee police jing cha geen char jin ts’uh

Numbers   English Chinese pinyin Pronunciation Mandarin Shanghainese one yi yee yep two er arl lyang three san san seh four si si si five wu woo ng six liu lee-yew lok seven qi chee ch’ep eight ba bar puh nine jiu gee-yew che-ew zero ling ling lin