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How do you say 'subway station' in mainland Mandarin?

Dìtiě zhàn (地铁站) means subway or metro station.

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  1. huǒchē zhàn (火车站)
  2. dìtiě zhàn (地铁站) ✔
  3. xǐshǒujiān (洗手间)

Why: Dìtiě (地铁) means subway or metro, and zhàn (站) means station. Big cities like Beijing and Shanghai use this for metro stops.

Huh, didn't know that: In Taiwan, the subway is called the jiéyùn (捷運), the MRT.

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Answer: dìtiě zhàn (地铁站). Dìtiě (地铁) means subway or metro, and zhàn (站) means station. Big cities like Beijing and Shanghai use this for metro stops.

  1. MDBG Chinese-English Dictionary: 地铁站 www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?page=worddict&wdrst=0&wdqb=%E5%9C%B0%E9%93%81%E7%AB%99
    subway station
    Checked 2026-10-12.
  2. MDBG Chinese-English Dictionary: 捷运 www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?page=worddict&wdrst=0&wdqb=%E6%8D%B7%E8%BF%90
    (Tw) mass rapid transit (MRT) / subway
    Checked 2026-10-12.

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