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鐵路

鐵路

See also: 铁路

Chinese

		iron	road; path; way
trad. (鐵路)		鐵	路
simp. (铁路)		铁	路

Noun

鐵路

railroad; railway (Classifier: 條／条)
高速鐵路 / 高速铁路 ― gāosù tiělù ― high-speed rail

Derived terms

路礦／路矿 (lùkuàng)

高鐵／高铁 (gāotiě)

See also

地鐵／地铁 (dìtiě)
動車／动车 (dòngchē)
火車／火车 (huǒchē)
列車／列车 (lièchē)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): tiělù

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄌㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tit³ lou⁶
Min Nan (POJ): thih-lō͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: tiělù
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄌㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tieeluh
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ lu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tit³ lou⁶
  - Yale: tit louh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tit⁸ lou⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰiːt̚³ lou̯²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thih-lō͘
  - Tâi-lô: thih-lōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tihlo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ lɔ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰi(ʔ)⁵ lɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ lɔ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ lɔ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ lɔ³³/