地鐵

See also: 地铁

Chinese
 
earth; ground; field
earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
 iron
trad. (地鐵) 地 鐵
simp. (地铁) 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
    我每天坐地鐵去上班。 [MSC, trad.]
    我每天坐地铁去上班。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ měitiān zuò dìtiě qù shàngbān. [Pinyin]
    I take the subway to work every day.
    你可害死我了，讓我坐公交不坐地鐵。 [MSC, trad.]
    你可害死我了，让我坐公交不坐地铁。 [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.
    你想搭地鐵定搭巴士啊？ [Cantonese, trad.]
    你想搭地铁定搭巴士啊？ [Cantonese, simp.]
    nei5 soeng2 daap3 dei6 tit3 ding6 daap3 baa1 si6-2 aa3? [Jyutping]
    Do you want to take the MTR or the bus?

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 地鐵 (“subway; metro”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 地鐵, 地下鐵
Mandarin Beijing 地鐵
Taiwan 捷運
Singapore 地鐵, MRT
Cantonese Guangzhou 地鐵
Hong Kong 地鐵, 地下鐵
Taishan 地鐵
Singapore (Guangfu) 地鐵
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 地鐵
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 捷運
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 捷運
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 捷運
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 捷運
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 捷運
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 捷運
Eastern Min Fuzhou 地鐵
Singapore (Fuqing) 地鐵
Southern Min Xiamen 地鐵
Quanzhou 地鐵
Zhangzhou 地鐵
Tainan 捷運
Singapore (Hokkien) 地鐵, MRT
Singapore (Teochew) 地鐵
Wu Shanghai 地鐵

Derived terms

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