地铁
dìtiě
subway
Characters in this word
铁 tiě
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 钅 — gold, metal
- Made of
- 钅 gold, metal 失 to lose
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我坐地铁。 Wǒ zuò dìtiě. I take the subway.
- 地铁很快。 Dìtiě hěn kuài. The subway is very fast.
- 他在等地铁。 Tā zài děng dìtiě. He is waiting for the subway.
Related words
- 地 de particle linking an adverbial to a verb (-ly)
- 地 dì ground, earth; place
- 地点 dìdiǎn place, location
- 地方 dìfang place
- 地上 dìshang on the ground, on the floor
- 地图 dìtú map
- 草地 cǎodì grassland; lawn
- 地球 dìqiú Earth
- 地铁站 dìtiězhàn subway station
- 外地 wàidì another place; out of town
- 当地 dāngdì local
- 地区 dìqū area; region