How To Pronounce Shanghai

In British English, Shanghai is pronounced /ˌʃæŋˈhaɪ/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˌʃæ̃ŋˈhaɪ]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˌʃæŋˈhaɪ/.

Shanghai has two syllables, and the main stress falls on the second syllable. British and American speakers say it the same way.

Slashes / / show the phonemic transcription, the sounds that change meaning. Square brackets [ ] show the phonetic transcription, with the finer detail of how the sounds are actually made.