地铁
HSK 2 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)Old HSK 3
地铁 (dìtiě) · subway
地铁 (dìtiě) means “subway; metro”. It is written with 2 characters: 地 (adverb particle (-ly)) + 铁 (iron). It is an HSK 2 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 地铁 is built
The characters
地 de · adverb particle (-ly)
What 地 is made of
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 十 — ten
- 也yě — also
- 乚 — hook stroke
Origin hint: 土 gives the meaning, 也 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
铁 tiě · iron
What 铁 is made of
- 钅jīn — metal
- 失shī — to lose
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 夫fū — man
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 大dà — big
Origin hint: 钅 gives the meaning, 失 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我坐地铁上班。Wǒ zuò dìtiě shàngbān.I take the subway to work.
这里有地铁吗？Zhèlǐ yǒu dìtiě ma?Is there a subway here?
Questions about 地铁
What does 地铁 mean?
地铁 (dìtiě) means “subway; metro”.
How do you pronounce 地铁?
地铁 is pronounced dìtiě.
Which HSK level is 地铁?
地铁 is in HSK 2 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021) and Old HSK 3.
Related words
- 地点dìdiǎnlocation
- 地方dìfangplace
- 地上dìshangon the ground
- 地图dìtúmap
- 草地cǎodìlawn
- 地球dìqiúthe earth
- 地铁站dìtiězhànsubway station
- 外地wàidìanother part of the country
- 当地dāngdìlocal
- 地区dìqūregion
Learn 地铁 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 47: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.