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地铁

地铁 dìtiě

地铁 dìtiě Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 2 English Translations of the word 地铁 dìtiě .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dìtiě | di4 tie3
English translation
subway
metro

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Traditional form

地鐵

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 地铁 dìtiě

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de

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

Semantic compound

Positional decomposition

土也

Number of Strokes

6
Tiě

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. jīn represents the meaning and shī represents the sound. Simplified form of tiě .

Phonetic compound

shī

Semantic compound

jīn

Positional decomposition

钅失

Number of Strokes

10

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Example sentences using 地铁 dìtiě

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zài 地铁 dìtiě , jǐn yǒu de 5美元 Měi yuán bèi zǒu le .

While in the subway, someone picked his pocket of the last five dollars.

可以 kěyǐ Chéng 地铁 dìtiě dào 火车站 huǒchēzhàn .

You may get to the railway station by tube.

可以 kěyǐ Chéng 地铁 dìtiě 到达 dàodá 那个 nà ge 公园 gōngyuán ?

Can you reach the park by metro?

shì 沃里克 jiù zài 伯爵 bó jué Gōng 地铁站 dì tiě zhàn 对面 duìmiàn

That's Warwick Road, just opposite Earls Court tube station.

shǎng le 开往 kāi wǎng 托特纳姆宫路 de 东向地铁 dìtiě 列车 lièchē

He caught an eastbound train to Tottenham Court Road.

地铁 dìtiě Decomposition

See the 7 Chinese characters that make up 地铁 dìtiě and their own compounds.

地铁 dìtiě Compounds

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