# 鐵路
## Chinese
### Etymology

Calque of German Eisenbahn, by German missionary Karl Gützlaff in 1840.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): tiělù
       (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄌㄨˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): tie$^2$ nu$^4$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): телў (ti͡əlw, I-III)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): tit$^3$ lou$^6$
* Gan (Wiktionary): tiet$^6$ lu$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): thiet-lu
    (Hailu, HRS): tied lu$^˖$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): tiêd$^5$ lu$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): tieh$^4$ lou$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): tiék-diô / tiék-lô
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ti$^5$ lou$^5$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): thih-lō͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): tih$^4$ lou$^7$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^7$thiq-lu$_6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tiělù
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄌㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tiělù
*** Wade–Giles: tʻieh$^3$-lu$^4$
*** Yale: tyě-lù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tieeluh
*** Palladius: телу (telu)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$鐵路 / 铁路 鐵鹿 / 铁鹿
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: tie$^2$ nu$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: tielu
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰiɛ²¹ nu²¹³/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: телў (ti͡əlw, I-III)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰiə²⁴ lu⁴⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tit$^3$ lou$^6$
*** Yale: tit louh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tit$^8$ lou$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tid$^3$ lou$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰiːt̚³ lou̯²²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: tiet$^6$ lu$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰiɛt̚⁵ lu¹¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiet-lu
*** Hakka Romanization System: tied$^ˋ$ lu
*** Hagfa Pinyim: tiad$^5$ lu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯et̚² lu⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: tied lu$^˖$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰiet⁵⁻² lu³³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: tiêd$^5$ lu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰiɛt̚¹ lu⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: tieh$^4$ lou$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /tʰiəʔ² ləu⁴⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: tiék-diô / tiék-lô
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰieʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ tuɔ²⁴²/, /tʰieʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ l̃ou²⁴²/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ti$^5$ lou$^5$ [Phonetic: ti$^4$ lou$^5$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: tī-lō
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰi²¹⁻⁴² lɔu²¹/
* Southern Min
** (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/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: tih$^4$ lou$^7$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thih lōu
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰiʔ²⁻⁴ lou¹¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai, Jiaxing)
*** Wugniu: $^7$thiq-lu$_6$
*** MiniDict: thih$^入$ lu$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^4$thiq-lu$_3$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰiɪʔ³³ lu⁴⁴/
*** Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /tʰiɪʔ⁵⁵ lu²¹/

### Noun

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

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 鐵路, 鐵道 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 鐵路, 鐵道 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 鐵路, 鐵道 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 鐵路, 鐵道 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 鐵道 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 鐵路, 火車道, 鐵道線兒, 鐵道, 道線兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 鐵路, 鐵道 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 鐵路 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 鐵路, 鐵道 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 鐵路, 鐵道 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 鐵路, 鐵道 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 鐵路, 鐵道 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 鐵路 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 鐵路, 鐵道 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 鐵路 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 鐵路 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 火車路 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 鐵路, 鐵道 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 鐵路 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 鐵路 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 鐵路, 鐵道 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 鐵路 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 鐵路, 鐵道 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 鐵路 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 鐵路 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 鐵路 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 鐵路, 鐵道 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 鐵路 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 鐵路, 鐵道 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 鐵路 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 鐵路, 火車路 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 鐵路 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 鐵路 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 鐵路 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 鐵路 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 鐵路, 火車路 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 鐵路, 火車路 dated |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 鐵路 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou (Xiniujiao) | 鐵路 |
| Cantonese | Sanya (Yanglan; Maihua) | 鐵路 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 鐵路 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 鐵路 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 鐵路 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 鐵路, 火車路 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 鐵路 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 鐵路, 火車路 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 鐵路, 火車路 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 鐵路, 火車路 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 鐵路, 鐵枝路, 火車路 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 鐵路, 火車路 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 鐵枝路, 火車路 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 鐵路 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 鐵路 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 鐵路, 鐵道 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 鐵路 |
| Jin | Linhe | 鐵路, 鐵道 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 鐵路, 鐵道 |
| Jin | Baotou | 鐵路 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 鐵道 |
| Jin | Handan | 鐵路, 鐵道 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 鐵墿, 火車墿 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 鐵墿 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 鐵墿 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 鐵墿 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 鐵墿 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 鐵墿 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 鐵墿 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 火車墿 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 火車墿 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 火車墿 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 鐵墿 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 火車路, 鐵路 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 火車路 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 火車路, 鐵路 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 火車路, 鐵路 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 鐵路 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 鐵枝路 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 鐵路 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 鐵枝路 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 鐵枝路 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 鐵路, 鐵枝路 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 鐵枝仔路, 鐵路 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 鐵枝仔路 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 鐵枝路 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 鐵枝仔路 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 鐵路, 鐵枝路 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 鐵路 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 鐵路, 鐵道路, 鐵枝路 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 火車路 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 鐵路 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 火車路 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 火車路 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 鐵墿 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 火車路 |
| Central Min | Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping) | 鐵道 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 鐵路, 火車路 dated |
| Wu | Shanghai | 鐵路 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 鐵路 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 鐵路 |
| Wu | Danyang | 鐵路, 火車路 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 鐵路 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 鐵路, 火車路 dated |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 鐵路 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 鐵路, 火車路 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 火車路, 鐵路 |

#### Derived terms

* 地下鐵路 / 地下铁路 (dìxià tiělù)
* 地鐵 / 地铁 (dìtiě)
* 城市鐵路 / 城市铁路 (chéngshì tiělù)
* 路礦 / 路矿 (lùkuàng)
* 鐵路便當 / 铁路便当
* 鐵路迷 / 铁路迷 (tiělùmí)
* 高速鐵路 / 高速铁路 (gāosù tiělù)
* 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)