九鐵

Chinese

		nine	iron
trad. (九鐵)		九	鐵
simp. (九铁)		九	铁

Etymology

Short for 九廣鐵路／九广铁路 (“Kowloon-Canton Railway”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Jiǔtiě

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄊㄧㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau² tit³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Jiǔtiě [Phonetic: jiútiě]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄊㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jiǒutiě
    • Wade–Giles: Chiu³-tʻieh³
    • Yale: Jyǒu-tyě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jeoutiee
    • Palladius: Цзюте (Czjute)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau² tit³
    • Yale: gáu tit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau² tit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo² tid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵ tʰiːt̚³/

Proper noun

九鐵

1. (Hong Kong, historical) Kowloon-Canton Railway; KCR