港鐵
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Chinese[edit]
harbour; Hong Kong (abbrev.) | iron | ||
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trad. (港鐵) | 港 | 鐵 | |
simp. (港铁) | 港 | 铁 |
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
港鐵
- MTR: Short for 香港鐵路/香港铁路 (Xiānggǎng Tiělù, “Mass Transit Railway, rapid transit railway system of Hong Kong”).
Usage notes[edit]
Commonly used in formal situations e.g. news, but less commonly used among citizens. Usually, the terms 地鐵/地铁, 火車/火车 (“East Rail Line”), and 西鐵/西铁 (“West Rail Line”) (referring to the network before merger of MTR and KCR) are used.