黨鐵

Chinese

		party; association; club party; association; club; society	iron
trad. (黨鐵)		黨	鐵
simp. (党铁)		党	铁

Etymology

Modification of 港鐵／港铁 (gong2 tit3), replacing 港 (gong2, “Hong Kong”) with 黨／党 (dong2, “the Party: CPC”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dǎngtiě

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄤˇ ㄊㄧㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dong² tit³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dǎngtiě [Phonetic: dángtiě]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄤˇ ㄊㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dǎngtiě
    • Wade–Giles: Tang³-tʻieh³
    • Yale: Dǎng-tyě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Daangtiee
    • Palladius: Данте (Dante)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dong² tit³
    • Yale: dóng tit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dong² tit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: dong² tid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔːŋ³⁵ tʰiːt̚³/

Proper noun

黨鐵

1. (Hong Kong, neologism, derogatory) the "Commie" MTR [from 2019]