高
铁

High speed rail in Chinese: 高铁 (gāo tiě)

gāo tiě

high speed rail

HSK 3.0 Level 4Traditional: 高鐵1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1high speed rail

Stroke order

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高
铁

Zhuyin

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ㄍㄠ

gāo

ㄍ/ gㄠ/ ao—/ first tone

ㄊㄧㄝˇ

tiě

ㄊ/ tㄧ/ iㄝ/ êˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

高铁

Simplified

高鐵

Traditional

Example sentences

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

  • 我坐高铁去南方看爷爷。

    wǒ zuò gāo tiě qù nán fāng kàn yé ye。

    I took the high-speed rail south to visit my grandfather.

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Related words

高

gāo

high

铁

tiě

iron (metal)

高兴

gāo xìng

happy

地铁

dì tiě

underground railway

提高

tí gāo

to raise

高级

gāo jí

high level

钢铁

gāng tiě

steel

高档

gāo dàng

superior quality

高速

gāo sù

high speed

高中

gāo zhōng

senior high school

跳高

tiào gāo

high jump (athletics)

铁路

tiě lù

railroad

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