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京九铁路

Jīng Jiǔ Tiě lùdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
JingJiu (Beijing-Kowloon) railway
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-b2510716339c0ed0. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

京九鐵路 京九铁路 [Jing1 Jiu3 Tie3 lu4] /JingJiu (Beijing-Kowloon) railway/

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Other forms in these source records: 京九鐵路

  • 京
    jīng

    capital city of a country / big / algebraic term for a large number (old) / artificial mound (old)

    Jīng

    surname Jing / short name for Beijing 北京[Běi jīng] / Gin or Jing, ethnic minority of China, descendants of ethnic Vietnamese people living mainly in Guangxi / Kinh, the ethnic majority in Vietnam

  • 九
    jiǔ

    nine / 9

  • 铁
    tiě

    iron (metal) / arms / weapons / hard / strong / violent / unshakeable / determined / close / tight (slang)

    Tiě

    surname Tie

  • 路
    lù

    road (CL:條|条[tiáo]) / journey / route / line (bus etc) / sort / kind

    Lù

    surname Lu

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