Shanghainese

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Shanghainese skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Shanghainese is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Content category. Learn more at https://claudskills.com/learn/what-is-skill-md/.

Category: Content · Sub-category: translation · Last updated: 2026-05-21

Transform text into Shanghainese （上海話 / 滬語） — the Wu Chinese variety spoken in Shanghai, belonging to the Taihu subgroup （太湖片） of Wu （吳語）. Features Wu pronouns （儂/阿拉/伊/伊拉）, Wu negation （弗/勿/覅）, sentence-final particles （呃/嘞/伐/哦呦）, Wu adverbs （蠻/老/嘎）, signature lexicon （結棍/霞氣/嗲/戇/洋盤/淘漿糊/軋鬧猛/噶三胡）, cultural vocabulary （弄堂/石庫門/阿婆/爺叔/小囡）, and 海派 register（派頭/有腔調）. Three intensity levels from light Wu-flavored Mandarin (sprinkled markers) up to heavy 滬語書寫 (in the manner of 金宇澄《繁花》). Useful for creative writing, cultural appreciation, language education, or dialogue craft. Triggers on "/shanghainese", "寫成上海話", "滬語化", "翻成上海話", "translate to shanghainese", "make it shanghainese", "上海話", "滬語", "吳語", "儂", "阿拉", "海派", "周立波", "繁花".

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About this skill (catalog notes)

Shanghainese includes at least one code block. At roughly 2,366 words the SKILL.md is on the longer end of the catalog distribution.

License: MIT
Original author: tzengyuxio
Indexed lastmod: 2026-05-21
Catalog position: Content · translation
Indexed related skills: 10

How Shanghainese fits the catalog

Shanghainese sits in the Content category under the translation sub-topic in the ClaudSkills catalog. There are 10 related skills indexed alongside it; comparing a few before installing usually reveals which fits your workflow best.

These notes are auto-generated from features detected in the SKILL.md file and from this catalog's structure — they aren't part of the source repository.

From the source SKILL.md

Transform text into Shanghainese （上海話 / 滬語） — the Wu Chinese variety spoken in Shanghai, a member of the Taihu subgroup （太湖片） of Wu （吳語）. Linguistically Wu is a sister group to Mandarin within Sinitic, not a Mandarin subdialect; Shanghainese has its own pronouns, negation, particles, and phonology. The result should read like 周立波《海派清口》台上的快口節奏、王家衛《繁花》劇本的腔調，或是金宇澄小說裡那種以「滬語思維」寫成的書面語 ——地道、有腔調，又不刻意誇張。

What this skill does

Shanghainese is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the translation sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/shanghainese/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Shanghainese Claude Code skill is built for content creators, marketers, copywriters, SEO professionals, and editorial teams. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 147,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/shanghainese
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/shanghainese/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/shanghainese/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/shanghainese/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/shanghainese/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\shanghainese\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Shanghainese Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/shanghainese/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.

What does the Shanghainese skill do?

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

When should I use the Shanghainese skill?

Use Shanghainese when your Claude Code task falls under the Content category — specifically in the translation area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Shanghainese" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/content/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Shanghainese skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Shanghainese is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Content category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/tzengyuxio/skills/blob/39536130b190f8f242785aefd2023859d715bdcf/shanghainese/SKILL.md
License: MIT
Author: tzengyuxio

Cite this skill

If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:

APA

tzengyuxio. (2026). Shanghainese [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/shanghainese/

BibTeX

@misc{shanghainese-2026,
  author    = {tzengyuxio},
  title     = {Shanghainese [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/shanghainese/}
}

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Security scan

Grade A · scanned 2026-07-10 — free static scan against the OWASP Agentic Skills Top 10.

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✓ Credentials
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