The following are the best resources for this dive, broken down by beginner, intermediate, and advanced.
We have tested each one and recommend them.
This Chinese (Shanghainese) Resource Handbook Below
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Chinese (Shanghainese) - Resources
The following are the best resources for this dive, broken down by beginner, intermediate, and advanced.
We have tested each one and recommend them.
Resources
17 Minute Languages
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This is a paid program that will teach you the newest Shanghainese. You can start with a free trial to see if it works for you. Their course will offer you a community where learners share tips and their goal is to help you learn the most Shanghainese in just 17 minutes a day.
Category: Schools
Skill Levels:
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
LTL Mandarin School
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Their paid program uses 《学说上海话》for their Shanghainese classes. In addition to the classes, they also have blogs of foreigners learning Shanghainese that can help you gain a better understanding of Shanghainese.
Category: Schools
Skill Levels:
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
Mango Languages
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They have some content on Shanghainese. It’s available online and they also have an app. They cover grammar, vocabulary, culture, and pronunciation.
Category: Self-Study
Skill Levels:
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
Shanghai Dialect for Foreigners
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This is not a Mandarin textbook, so you will find no pinyin. All pronunciation is given in IPA. The CD comes with the book. The book includes daily sentences, dialogues, keywords, vocabulary development, and Shanghai culture.
Category: Textbooks
Skill Levels:
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
Xue Shuo Shanghai-hua (学说上海话)
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The book makes clear the difference between Shanghainese pronunciation and Mandarin pronunciation. It also comes with three cassette tapes. The format is similar to other language books with vocabulary, grammar, dialogue, exercises, listening/speaking, and supplementary vocabulary.
Category: Textbooks
Skill Levels:
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
上海话
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Description: It’s a website in Chinese where you can look up Shanghainese. The site also includes teaching materials like scenarios, as well as common vocabularies with audio in Shanghainese.
Category: Other Apps & Websites
Skill Levels:
- Advanced
上海话 Shanghainese
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A YoutTube playlist full of content in Shanghainese that you can check out.
Category: Video
Skill Levels:
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
上海话入门《学说上海话》（全12集）
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They teach you Shanghainese through 12 episodes of videos in Shanghainese, demonstrating 12 different scenarios.
Category: Video
Skill Levels:
- Intermediate
- Advanced
上海话即学即会
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This is a Chinese-only book with 2 cassette tapes and no written pronunciation guide.
Category: Textbooks
Skill Levels:
- Intermediate
- Advanced
上海话基础班课程
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This is a podcast with a native Shanghainese talking in Shanghainese with a typed description of the words he explained. You need to have a basic understanding of Shanghainese to understand the audio.
Category: Audio
Skill Levels:
- Intermediate
- Advanced
上海话学习网
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A Chinese website with many Shanghainese resources including MP3’s of common phrases with pinyin to help with pronunciation.
Category: Other Apps & Websites
Skill Levels:
- Intermediate
- Advanced
学说上海话（速成班）
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It’s a Chinese online video learning platform and meant to teach you the very basics only. The instructions are mostly video-based.
Category: Video
Skill Levels:
- Beginner
學講上海話 （learn shanghainese）
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A YoutTube playlist that will teach you Shanghainese with 10 videos.
Category: Self-Study
Skill Levels:
- Beginner
- Intermediate
汉语双通道
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In this book, you can learn Chinese and Shanghainese simultaneously, Chinese with pinyin and Shanghainese with IPA. This may not be the choice if you only want to learn Shanghainese because a large part of the book is also devoted to Mandarin.
Category: Textbooks
Skill Levels:
- Beginner
- Intermediate
沪江网校
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A Chinese platform where you can learn modern Shanghainese from Shanghai professors. This course is only recommended for people with basic fundamental knowledge in Shanghainese.
Category: Schools
Skill Levels:
- Advanced
Chinese (Shanghainese) - Resources
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