Subway in Chinese (Mandarin): 地铁 (dìtiě)
地铁
dìtiě
subway
- Simplified
- 地铁
- Pinyin
- dìtiě
- Typed as
- ditie
In Taiwan, people say 捷運 (jiéyùn) instead.
Use it in a sentence
我们坐地铁去上学。
We take the subway to school.
The characters in 地铁
地
Ground, earth.
6 strokes
铁 / 鐵
Iron. 钅 (metal) is on the left.
10 strokes
地铁 is the "underground iron", short for an underground railway. In Taiwan people often say 捷運 (jiéyùn).
More examples with 地铁
地铁很快。
地鐵很快。
Dìtiě hěn kuài.
The subway is fast.
地铁站里人很多。
地鐵站裡人很多。
Dìtiězhàn li rén hěn duō.
The subway station is crowded.
How to write 地铁 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
地 6 strokes
铁 10 strokes
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