How to Say ‘Live in Shanghai’ in Simplified Chinese
在上海生活
zài shàng hǎi shēng huó
[zài Shànghǎi shēnghuó]
🇨🇳 In China: Saying you want to live in the city is a perfectly acceptable motivation in China. Interviewers hiring foreigners often like hearing you plan to stay a while.
Phrase Breakdown
在
zài
[zài]
at; in
Indicates location or place.
他在学校学习。
He studies at school.
上海
shàng hǎi
[Shànghǎi]
Shanghai
China's largest city, a major port and financial center on the east coast.
上海很漂亮。
Shanghai is very beautiful.
生活
shēng huó
[shēnghuó]
to live; life
To live somewhere, or one's daily life.
我想在中国生活。
I want to live in China.
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