地鐵

See also: 地铁

Chinese

 
earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
iron
trad. (地鐵)
simp. (地铁)

Etymology

Short for 地下鐵路地下铁路 (dìxià tiělù)

Pronunciation


Noun

地鐵

  1. subway; metro; underground railway; the underground
    每天地鐵上班 [MSC, trad.]
    每天地铁上班 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ měitiān zuò dìtiě qù shàngbān. [Pinyin]
    I take the subway to work every day.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 地鐵 (“subway; metro”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 地鐵
Mandarin Beijing 地鐵
Taiwan 捷運, 地鐵, 地下鐵
Cantonese Guangzhou 地鐵
Hong Kong 地鐵
Taishan 地鐵
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 捷運
Liudui (S. Sixian) 捷運
Hsinchu (Hailu) 捷運
Dongshi (Dabu) 捷運
Hsinchu (Raoping) 捷運
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 捷運
Min Dong Fuzhou 地鐵
Min Nan Xiamen 地鐵
Quanzhou 地鐵
Zhangzhou 地鐵
Taipei 捷運, 地鐵
Chaozhou 地鐵, 地下鐵
Wu Shanghai 地鐵

Derived terms

See also

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