铁
路

Railroad in Chinese: 铁路 (tiě lù)

tiě lù

railroad

HSK 3.0 Level 3Traditional: 鐵路1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1railroad
  2. 2railway

Stroke order

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铁
路

Zhuyin

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ㄊㄧㄝˇ

tiě

ㄊ/ tㄧ/ iㄝ/ êˇ/ third tone

ㄌㄨˋ

lù

ㄌ/ lㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

铁路

Simplified

鐵路

Traditional

Example sentences

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

  • 这条铁路很长。

    zhè tiáo tiě lù hěn cháng。

    This railway is very long.

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Related words

路

lù

road

铁

tiě

iron (metal)

地铁

dì tiě

underground railway

钢铁

gāng tiě

steel

迷路

mí lù

to lose the way

一路

yī lù

the whole journey

路口

lù kǒu

crossing

路上

lù shang

on the road

马路

mǎ lù

street

走路

zǒu lù

to walk

道路

dào lù

road

公路

gōng lù

highway

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