地铁 dìtiě metro

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Traditional: 地鐵

Stroke order

地铁 is written in 16 strokes across 2 characters.

地铁 — the Chinese character for metro (dìtiě), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 地铁 — metro

地 — 6 strokes
铁 — 10 strokes

Senses

underground railway; subway
subway train

Characters in 地铁

地 dì — earth; ground; field
铁 tiě — iron (metal); arms; weapons

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Example sentences

我坐地铁去公司。Wǒ zuò dìtiě qù gōngsī.I take the subway to the company.
地铁很快。Dìtiě hěn kuài.The subway is fast.

Related words

地铁 is pronounced dìtiě and means “metro”.

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