How to Say ‘Where is the subway?’ in Simplified Chinese
地铁在哪儿？
dì tiě zài nǎ ér
[dee-tyeh dzai nar]
Phrase Breakdown
地铁
dì tiě
[dee-tyeh]
subway; metro
地铁 means the subway or metro system in a city.
我想坐地铁去机场。
I want to take the subway to the airport.
在
zài
[dzai]
to be at; in; on
在 shows location, meaning something is at or in a place.
洗手间在那边。
The restroom is over there.
哪儿
nǎ ér
[nar]
where
哪儿 is a common spoken way to ask where something is.
地铁站哪儿有电梯？
Where is there an elevator at the subway station?
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