地鐵

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See also: 地铁

Chinese

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

Etymology

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Short for 地下鐵路地下铁路 (dìxià tiělù).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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.
    害死公交地鐵 [MSC, trad.]
    害死公交地铁 [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ kě hàisǐ wǒ le, ràng wǒ zuò gōngjiāo bù zuò dìtiě. [Pinyin]
    You sent me to hell, telling me to take the bus instead of the subway.
    地鐵巴士 [Cantonese, trad.]
    地铁巴士 [Cantonese, simp.]
    nei5 soeng2 daap3 dei6 tit3 ding6 daap3 baa1 si6-2 aa3? [Jyutping]
    Do you want to take the MTR or the bus?

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