地
铁

Underground railway in Chinese: 地铁 (dì tiě)

dì tiě

underground railway

HSK 3Traditional: 地鐵2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1underground railway; subway
  2. 2subway train

Stroke order

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地
铁

Zhuyin

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ㄉㄧˋ

dì

ㄉ/ dㄧ/ iˋ/ fourth tone

ㄊㄧㄝˇ

tiě

ㄊ/ tㄧ/ iㄝ/ êˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

地铁

Simplified

地鐵

Traditional

Example sentences

See 地铁 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 我想乘地铁去。

    wǒ xiǎng chéng dì tiě qù。

    I want to get there by subway.

  • 地铁站有点儿远

    dì tiě zhàn yǒu diǎn er yuǎn

    The metro station is quite far.

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Related words

地

de

-ly

铁

tiě

iron (metal)

地方

dì fāng

region

地图

dì tú

map

当地

dāng dì

local

地球

dì qiú

the earth

地址

dì zhǐ

address

地道

dì dào

tunnel

地理

dì lǐ

geography

地区

dì qū

local

地毯

dì tǎn

carpet

地位

dì wèi

position

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