地铁

dìtiě

underground railway; subway; subway train

noun HSK 3.0 · Band 2 trad. 地鐵

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地
铁

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地
铁
  • 高铁gāotiěhigh speed railB3
  • 铁路tiělùrailroadB5
  • 磁铁cítiěmagnetB7
  • 钢铁gāngtiěsteelB7
  • 铁tiěsurname TieB7
  • 斩钉截铁zhǎndīng-jiétiě(lit.) to chop the nail and slice the ironB7

See it in sentences

我们坐地铁去吧。

Let us take the subway there.

地铁站人非常多。

The subway station is very crowded.