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鐵路
tit3 lou6
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railway (also 火車路); railroad  Level: 2 Google Frequency: 3,020,000 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 2144 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by rathpy on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03 |
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Characters in this word:鐵 tit3 - iron; arms; ironclad; strong; cruel路 lou6 - road; path; way; means; line 19 compounds containing this word:地下鐵路 - subway; MTR鐵路線 - railway line 九廣鐵路 - Kowloon-Canton Railway (KCR) 高速鐵路 - high-speed rail 鐵路軌 - a railroad track 鐵路站 - railway / railroad station 單軌鐵路 - monorail 九廣鐵路接駁巴士 - KCR Feeder Bus 京九鐵路 - Beijing-Kowloon Railway 輕便鐵路接駁巴士 - Light Rail Transit Bus (LRT) 九廣鐵路公司 - Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation 台灣高速鐵路 - Taiwan High Speed Rail 臺灣高速鐵路 - Taiwan High Speed Rail 京廣鐵路 - Jingguang (Beijing-Guangzhou) railway line 廣九鐵路 - Guandong and Kowloon railway 太平洋聯合鐵路 - Union Pacific railroad 青藏鐵路 - Qinghai-Tibet railway 香港鐵路博物館 - Hong Kong Railway Museum 長島鐵路 - Long Island Railroad |
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