See also: 铁路 and 鉄路

Chinese edit

iron road; path; way
trad. (鐵路)
simp. (铁路)
alternative forms 鉄路
銕路

Etymology edit

Calque of German Eisenbahn, by German missionary Karl Gützlaff in 1840.

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鐵路

  1. railroad; railway (Classifier: )
    高速鐵路高速铁路  ―  gāosù tiělù  ―  high-speed rail

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