# 地鐵
## Chinese
### Etymology

Short for 地下鐵路／地下铁路 (dìxià tiělù).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dìtiě
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄊㄧㄝˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): dei$^6$ tit$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thi-thiet
* Eastern Min (BUC): dê-tiék
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tē-thih
    (Teochew, Peng'im): di$^7$ tih$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$di-thiq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dìtiě
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄊㄧㄝˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dìtiě
*** Wade–Giles: ti$^4$-tʻieh$^3$
*** Yale: dì-tyě
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihtiee
*** Palladius: дите (dite)
*** Sinological IPA : /ti⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dei$^6$ tit$^3$
*** Yale: deih tit
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dei$^6$ tit$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: déi$^6$ tid$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /tei̯²² tʰiːt̚³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thi-thiet
*** Hakka Romanization System: ti tied$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ti$^4$ tiad$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰi⁵⁵ tʰi̯et̚²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: dê-tiék
*** Sinological IPA : /ti²⁴²⁻⁵³ $^{(tʰ-)}$liɛʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tē-thih
*** Tâi-lô: tē-thih
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dextiq
*** IPA (Xiamen): /te²²⁻²¹ tʰiʔ³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /te⁴¹⁻²² tʰiʔ⁵/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /te²²⁻²¹ tʰiʔ³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /te³³⁻¹¹ tʰiʔ³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /te³³⁻²¹ tʰiʔ³²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: di$^7$ tih$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tī thih
*** Sinological IPA : /ti¹¹ tʰiʔ²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$di-thiq
*** MiniDict: di$^去$ thih
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$di-thiq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /di²² tʰiɪʔ⁴⁴/

### Noun

地鐵
* subway; metro; underground railway; the underground
       Wǒ měitiān zuò dìtiě qù shàngbān. [Pinyin]
       I take the subway to work every day.
       Nǐ kě hàisǐ wǒ le, ràng wǒ zuò gōngjiāo bù zuò dìtiě. [Pinyin]
       You sent me to hell, telling me to take the bus instead of the subway.
       nei$^5$ soeng$^2$ daap$^3$ dei$^6$ tit$^3$ ding$^6$ daap$^3$ baa$^1$ si$^{6-2}$ aa$^3$? [Jyutping]
       Do you want to take the MTR or the bus?

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 地鐵, 地下鐵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 地鐵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 捷運 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 地鐵, MRT |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 地鐵 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 地鐵, 地下鐵 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 地鐵 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 地鐵 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 地鐵 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 捷運 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 捷運 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 捷運 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 捷運 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 捷運 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 捷運 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 地鐵 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 地鐵 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 地鐵 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 地鐵 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 地鐵 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 捷運 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 地鐵, MRT |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 地鐵 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 地鐵 |

#### Derived terms

* 地鐵站／地铁站 (dìtiězhàn)

#### See also

* 動車／动车 (dòngchē)
* 高鐵／高铁 (gāotiě)
* 火車／火车 (huǒchē)
* 列車／列车 (lièchē)
* 鐵路／铁路 (tiělù)