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地铁

Traditional: 地鐵

dì tiě

HSK 3.0 · 2HSK 2.0 · 3

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

dì tiě · dei6 tit3 (Jyutping)

  1. underground railway; subway
  2. subway train

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

地

Meaning
earth; soil, ground; region
Radical
土
Strokes
6
Components
⿰土也
Cangjie
GPD
Four-corner
4411.2

铁

Meaning
iron; strong, solid, firm
Radical
钅
Strokes
10
Components
⿰钅失
Cangjie
OVHQO
Four-corner
8578

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