地下鐵

See also: 地下铁 and 地下鉄

Chinese

		underground; basement	iron
trad. (地下鐵)		地下	鐵
simp. (地下铁)		地下	铁

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Borrowed from Japanese 地下鉄?”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dìxiàtiě

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄊㄧㄝˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dei⁶ haa⁶ tit³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tē-hā-thih / tōe-hā-thih

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dìxiàtiě
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄊㄧㄝˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dìsiàtiě
  - Wade–Giles: ti⁴-hsia⁴-tʻieh³
  - Yale: dì-syà-tyě
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihshiahtiee
  - Palladius: дисяте (disjate)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dei⁶ haa⁶ tit³
  - Yale: deih hah tit
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dei⁶ haa⁶ tit⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: déi⁶ ha⁶ tid³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tei̯²² haː²² tʰiːt̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tē-hā-thih
  - Tâi-lô: tē-hā-thih
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dexhaxtiq
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /te³³⁻²¹ ha³³⁻²¹ tʰiʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōe-hā-thih
  - Tâi-lô: tuē-hā-thih
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doexhaxtiq
  - IPA (Taipei): /tue³³⁻¹¹ ha³³⁻¹¹ tʰiʔ³²/

Noun

地下鐵

subway; metro; underground
- 2003, “十面埋伏”, in 黃偉文 (lyrics), Live For Today‎^[1], performed by 陳奕迅 [Eason Chan]:
  
  遲兩秒搭上地下鐵　能與你碰上麼 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
  迟两秒搭上地下铁　能与你碰上么 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
  ci⁴ loeng⁵ miu⁵ daap³ soeng⁵ dei⁶ haa⁶ tit³, nang⁴ jyu⁵ nei⁵ pung³ soeng⁵ mo¹ [Jyutping]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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
Eastern Min	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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
地	下	鐵
ち Grade: 2	か Grade: 1	てつ Hyōgai
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 地下鐵 – see the following entry.

【地下鉄ちかてつ】

[noun] (rail transport) rapid transit, metro, (AmE) subway, (BrE) underground

(This term, 地下鐵, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
地	下	鐵

Noun

地下鐵 • (jihacheol) (hangeul 지하철)

hanja form^? of 지하철 (“(AmE) subway; (BrE) underground; (BrE) tube”)