捷運

See also: 捷运

Chinese

		quick	transportation
trad. (捷運)		捷	運
simp. (捷运)		捷	运

Etymology

Short for 快捷運輸／快捷运输 (Kuàijié yùnshū, “rapid transit”). This term was created to distinguish from 地下鐵路／地下铁路 (dìxià tiělù) which may also mean underground sections of long-distance railways other than MRT.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiéyùn

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄩㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zit³ wan⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhia̍p-yun
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chia̍t-ūn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiéyùn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄩㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiéyùn
  - Wade–Giles: chieh²-yün⁴
  - Yale: jyé-yùn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyeyunn
  - Palladius: цзеюнь (czejunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ yn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zit³ wan⁶
  - Yale: jit wahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzit⁸ wan⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: jid³ wen⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːt̚³ wɐn²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhia̍p-yun
  - Hakka Romanization System: qiab iun
  - Hagfa Pinyim: qiab⁶ yun⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯ap̚⁵ i̯un⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhia̍p-yun
  - Hakka Romanization System: qiab (r)iun
  - Hagfa Pinyim: qiab⁶ yun⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯ap̚⁵ (j)i̯un⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍t-ūn
  - Tâi-lô: tsia̍t-ūn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciad'un
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɛt̚⁴⁻³² un²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɛt̚²⁴⁻² un⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛt̚¹²¹⁻²¹ un²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɛt̚⁴⁻³² un³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɛt̚⁴⁻³² un³³/

Noun

捷運

(chiefly Taiwan) metro; subway; MRT

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 地鐵 (“subway; metro”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		地鐵, 地下鐵
Mandarin	Beijing	地鐵
	Taiwan	捷運
	Singapore	地鐵, MRT
Cantonese	Guangzhou	地鐵
	Hong Kong	地鐵, 地下鐵
	Taishan	地鐵
	Singapore (Guangfu)	地鐵
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	地鐵
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	捷運
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	捷運
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	捷運
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	捷運
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	捷運
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	捷運
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	地鐵
Eastern Min	Singapore (Fuqing)	地鐵
Southern Min	Xiamen	地鐵
	Quanzhou	地鐵
	Zhangzhou	地鐵
	Tainan	捷運
	Singapore (Hokkien)	地鐵, MRT
	Singapore (Teochew)	地鐵
Wu	Shanghai	地鐵

Descendants

→ Amis: ci'in, ciyien
→ Atayal: ceyun

References

“Entry #7397”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

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