地下鐵路

Chinese

		underground; basement	railroad; railway
trad. (地下鐵路)		地下	鐵路
simp. (地下铁路)		地下	铁路

Etymology

Etymology tree

Chinese 地

Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(k/g)la-k/j/tder.?

Chinese 下 (xià)

Chinese 地下

Proto-Sino-Tibetan *hljak

Chinese 鐵／铁 (tiě)

Chinese 格?

Chinese 路 (lù)

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ēsh₂r̥no-der.?

Proto-Celtic *īsarnombor.

Proto-Germanic *īsarną

Proto-West Germanic *īsarn

Old High German īsarn

Middle High German īsern

German Eisen

Middle High German ban

German Bahn

German Eisenbahncalq.

Chinese 鐵路／铁路 (tiělù)

Chinese 地下鐵路／地下铁路 (dìxià tiělù)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dìxià tiělù

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dei⁶ haa⁶ tit³ lou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dìxià tiělù
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dìsià tiělù
    • Wade–Giles: ti⁴-hsia⁴ tʻieh³-lu⁴
    • Yale: dì-syà tyě-lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihshiah tieeluh
    • Palladius: дися телу (disja telu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dei⁶ haa⁶ tit³ lou⁶
    • Yale: deih hah tit louh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dei⁶ haa⁶ tit⁸ lou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: déi⁶ ha⁶ tid³ lou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tei̯²² haː²² tʰiːt̚³ lou̯²²/

Noun

地下鐵路

1. subway; metro; underground railway; the underground

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 地鐵 (“subway; metro”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		地鐵, 地下鐵
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	地鐵
	Taiwan	捷運
	Singapore	地鐵, MRT
Cantonese	Guangzhou	地鐵
	Hong Kong	地鐵, 地下鐵
	Taishan	地鐵
	Singapore (Guangfu)	地鐵
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	地鐵
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	捷運
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	捷運
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	捷運
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	捷運
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	捷運
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	捷運
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	地鐵
	Singapore (Fuqing)	地鐵
Southern Min	Xiamen	地鐵
	Quanzhou	地鐵
	Zhangzhou	地鐵
	Tainan	捷運
	Singapore (Hokkien)	地鐵, MRT
	Singapore (Teochew)	地鐵
Wu	Shanghai	地鐵

Proper noun

地下鐵路

1. (historical) Underground Railroad