Graham Earnshaw's Shanghainese lexicon

Basics

Here/There, This/That

Here	get3 dat
There	yi mi3 dat
where	a li1 dat
this	ga3 ga1
this	de3 ga - Pudong
that	yi1 ga
these	get ngie1
those	e yu3 a
this book	gap3 beng2 si1
that book	yi1 beng3 si
this person	ge3 ge ning2
that person	yi1 ge ning2

Directions

east	dong1
west	xi1
north	buot2
south	nu3
east side	dong1 mi
west side	xi1 mi
north side	buot2 mi1
south side	nuh3 mi1
up	zang3 mi1
down	wu2 mi1
right	yu2 mi1
left	dzu4 mi1

Weather - ti1 qi

temperature	wen1 du
what's the temp?	jin1 zaw1 wen1 du du1 saw3
weather forecast	ti1 qi yu3 baw1
great weather!	ti1 qi law2 haw2
it's raining	law2 yu3
it's hot	law2 nie3 ga
it's cold	law2 lang3
pleasantly cool	liang3 kwa
it's windy	foong4 law du3 e!
it's snowing	law shet3 le
it’s humid	saw3 se1
it's dry	gu1 saw
typhoon	de3 foong4
sunshine	yang3 guang4
rain	yu3
snow	shet
wind	foong4

Colours - ngie3 se1

black	ha ngie2 se / ha nga1
white	bat2 ngie3 se1 / bak3 nga2
red	hong3 ngie2 se / hong3 ge1
blue	lei3 ngie4 se / le3 ge1
green	lot3 ngie3 se1 / loh3 ge1
yellow	wang3 ngie2 se / wang3 a1
pink	feng3 ong2 a
brown	ka1 fee se / su3 se1
orange	juet1 wang2 se
purple	zi1 ngie2 se
grey	huei1 ngie3 se

Where a colour is more than one character (eg pink), just use ga rather than ngie3 se1