高铁
HSK 3 (exam 2025)HSK 4 (2021)
高铁 (gāotiě) · high-speed rail
高铁 (gāotiě) means “high-speed rail; high-speed train”. It is written with 2 characters: 高 (high) + 铁 (iron). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 高铁 is built
The characters
高 gāo · high
What 高 is made of
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
- 冋jiōng — desert
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
Origin hint: A tall palace (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
我们坐高铁去上海吧。Wǒmen zuò gāotiě qù Shànghǎi ba.Let's take the high-speed train to Shanghai.
坐高铁要多长时间？Zuò gāotiě yào duō cháng shíjiān?How long does it take by high-speed train?
Questions about 高铁
What does 高铁 mean?
高铁 (gāotiě) means “high-speed rail; high-speed train”.
How do you pronounce 高铁?
高铁 is pronounced gāotiě.
Which HSK level is 高铁?
高铁 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and HSK 4 (2021).
Related words
- 高兴gāoxìnghappy
- 高级gāojíadvanced
- 高中gāozhōngsenior high school
- 提高tígāoto raise
- 高速gāosùhigh speed
- 高速公路gāosù gōnglùexpressway
- 跳高tiàogāohigh jump
- 高潮gāocháoclimax
- 高价gāojiàhigh price
- 高尚gāoshàngnoble
Learn 高铁 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 67: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.