洋泾浜英语，被归类为皮钦语的一种，“Chinese Pidgin English”是洋泾浜英语的正式说法，因Pidgin发音与Pigeon（白鸽）相同，所以被不谙英语者误译为白鸽英语（Pigeon English）。另外由于中文谐音，偶会看到洋泾帮、洋经帮、洋径滨等等写法。洋泾浜英语是19世纪中外商人使用的混杂语言，只有口头形式，没有统一的书面形式，变体很多。它是英语与上海话结合的产物，并且在一定程度上受宁波话与粤语的影响。其语法不符合英语习惯，语音受汉语影响。该语言流行于当时的上海洋泾浜周边地区，故由此得名。由于该语言已经退出历史舞台，现在“洋泾浜英语”一般被认为与中式英语具有相同的含义，但事实上它只是中式英语的一个代表，且在一定程度上具有更为特殊的历史意义。

Chinese Pidgin English (also called Chinese Coastal English or Pigeon English, simplified Chinese:洋泾浜英语; traditional Chinese:洋涇浜英語; pinyin:Yángjìng bāng yīngyǔ) is a pidgin language lexically based on English, but influenced by a Chinese substratum. From the 17th to the 19th centuries, there was also Chinese Pidgin English spoken in Cantonese-speaking portions of China. Chinese Pidgin English is heavily influenced by a number of varieties of Chinese with variants arising among different provinces (for example in Shanghai and Ningbo).