Home › Words › S › shantungeseshantungeseshantungese · noun — A person from Shandong, China.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, shantungese ranks #15,078 of 43,065 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom Shantung + -ese.nounA person from Shandong, China.e.g.“It would be a crime for a Shantungese to love any Japanese. Matricide! One does not love him who ravishes his mother.” — 1924, Louise Jordan Miln, In a Shantung Garden, page 158:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.shanghainese 64% match — Of or pertaining to Shanghai. vs shantungese →chinee 61% match — A person from China. vs shantungese →shanghaier 61% match — One who shanghais. vs shantungese →chinaperson 60% match — A Chinese person. vs shantungese →shanghailander 59% match — An expat living in Shanghai, especially (historical) in its former international extraterritorial zones. vs shantungese →fujianese 59% match — Of or relating to the province of Fujian in China. vs shantungese →dongyi 57% match — a cultural group of ancient China centered in what is now Shandong province. vs shantungese →nanjinger 57% match — A person from Nanjing, China, (particularly historical) a foreign resident of the city. vs shantungese →