地铁 (dì tiě) — subway, metro | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

地铁 is the everyday word for the subway/metro system. 地下 alone just means 'underground' (a place or adjective) and is not used by itself for the train.

noun

subwaymetro

Measure word · 条

Examples

地铁。
Zuò dì tiě qù xué xiào hěn fāng biàn.
Taking the subway to school is very convenient.
地铁。
dì tiě Bǐ gōng jiāo chē kuài duō le.
The subway is much faster than the bus.
。
dì tiě Zhàn lǐ yǒu hěn duō rén.
There are many people in the subway station.

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