Chinese symbol for “railway”
铁路
tiě lù
Traditional: 鐵路
railroad; railway; 条 (tiáo)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for railway is 铁路 (tiě lù), defined as: railroad; railway; 条 (tiáo).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 铁路.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 地铁 (地鐵) | dì tiě | underground railway; subway; subway train |
| 钢铁 (鋼鐵) | gāng tiě | steel |
| 高铁 (高鐵) | gāo tiě | high speed rail |
| 地铁站 (地鐵站) | dì tiě zhàn | subway station |
| 铁道 (鐵道) | tiě dào | railway line; rail track |
| 道路 | dào lù | road; path |
| 路线 (路線) | lù xiàn | itinerary; route |
| 公路 | gōng lù | highway; road |
See also: Japanese symbol for “railway”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.