铁 (tiě) means Iron. Below are 24 of the 30 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
地 铁 站就在附近。
Dìtiě zhàn jiù zài fùjìn.
The subway station is right nearby.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 地铁
我每天坐地 铁 上班。
Wǒ měi tiān zuò dìtiě shàngbān.
I take the subway to work every day.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 地铁
这里坐地 铁 很方便。
Zhèlǐ zuò dìtiě hěn fāngbiàn.
It's very convenient to take the subway here.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 方便
过去这里没有地 铁 。
Guòqù zhèlǐ méiyǒu dìtiě.
In the past there was no subway here.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 过去
早上的地 铁 很拥挤。
Zǎoshang de dìtiě hěn yōngjǐ.
The subway is very crowded in the morning.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 拥挤
我每天乘地 铁 上班。
Wǒ měi tiān chéng dìtiě shàngbān.
I take the underground to work every day.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 乘
最后我们决定坐地 铁 。
Zuìhòu wǒmen juédìng zuò dìtiě.
In the end we decided to take the subway.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 最后
我们乘坐地 铁 去机场。
Wǒmen chéngzuò dìtiě qù jīchǎng.
We take the subway to the airport.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 乘坐
地 铁 站的入口很好找。
Dìtiě zhàn de rùkǒu hěn hǎo zhǎo.
The subway entrance is easy to find.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 入口
这座桥是用钢 铁 建的。
Zhè zuò qiáo shì yòng gāngtiě jiàn de.
This bridge is built of steel.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 钢铁
他有钢 铁 一样的意志。
Tā yǒu gāngtiě yíyàng de yìzhì.
He has a will of steel.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 钢铁
这套公寓离地 铁 很近。
Zhè tào gōngyù lí dìtiě hěn jìn.
This apartment is close to the subway.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 公寓
地 铁 缓解了交通压力。
Dìtiě huǎnjiě le jiāotōng yālì.
The subway has eased traffic pressure.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 缓解
地 铁 缩短了上班时间。
Dìtiě suōduǎn le shàngbān shíjiān.
The subway has shortened the commute.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 缩短
他斩钉截 铁 地拒绝了。
Tā zhǎn dīng jié tiě de jùjué le.
He refused flatly and decisively.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 斩钉截铁
这条 铁 路穿越了三个省。
Zhè tiáo tiělù chuānyuè le sān ge shěng.
This railway runs across three provinces.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 穿越
地 铁 每天六点开始运行。
Dìtiě měi tiān liù diǎn kāishǐ yùnxíng.
The underground starts running at six every day.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 运行
有了地 铁 ，出行方便多了。
Yǒu le dìtiě, chūxíng fāngbiàn duō le.
With the subway, getting around is much more convenient.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 便
早晚高峰期地 铁 非常拥挤。
Zǎo wǎn gāofēng qī dìtiě fēicháng yōngjǐ.
The underground is extremely crowded during the morning and evening peaks.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 高峰
潮湿的地方 铁 器容易生锈。
Cháoshī de dìfang tiěqì róngyì shēngxiù.
Ironware rusts easily in damp places.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 生锈
我觉得还是坐地 铁 比较方便。
Wǒ juéde háishi zuò dìtiě bǐjiào fāngbiàn.
I still think the subway is more convenient.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 还是
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From the graded readers
那家公司在市中心，坐地 铁 要四十分钟。
nà / nèi jiā gōngsī zài shì zhōngxīn, zuò dìtiě yāo sìshí fēnzhōng.
The company is in the city centre, forty minutes by underground.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Job Interview
From the travel phrasebook
地 铁 站怎么走？
Dìtiě zhàn zěnme zǒu?
How do I get to the metro station?
Travel phrasebook · Airport and immigration
铁 appears in 30 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 铁
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Questions about 铁
How is 铁 used in a sentence?
This page shows 30 sentences using 铁 (tiě, "Iron"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 铁 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 铁 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 铁?
The dictionary page for 铁 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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