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地下鐵路

dei6 haa6 tit3 lou6

di4 xia4 tie3 lu4

subway; MTR; 地鐵 for short

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 96,100

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

地下鐵路 / 地下铁路

This word was added by bybell on 21st Aug 2005 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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地 dei6 dei6*2 dei2 di4 de5 de1 - earth; land; soil
下 haa6 haa6*2 haa5 xia4 - down; under
鐵 tit3 tie3 die2 juan1 - iron (metal); unyielding; cruel; firm
路 lou6 lu4 - road

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