地铁地鐵

dì tiě

HSK level: HSK 2

Meaning

underground railway; subway; subway train

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Characters

地deearth, ground, soil; land, region; structural particle used before a verb土也铁tiěiron; strong, solid, firm钅失

Examples

我搭地铁上学。

wǒ dā dì tiě shàng xué。

I go to school by subway.

我想乘地铁去。

wǒ xiǎng chéng dì tiě qù。

I want to get there by subway.

汤姆害怕坐地铁。

Tāng mǔ hài pà zuò dì tiě。

Tom is afraid to ride the subway.