# 高铁 (gāotiě)

In Mandarin Chinese, 高铁 (gāotiě) means “high-speed rail; bullet train”. It is part of the HSK 4 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: high-speed rail; bullet train
- Pinyin: gāotiě (gao1 tie3)
- Traditional: 高鐵
- HSK 3.0 · Level 4

## Examples

- 坐高铁去上海很快。
  Zuò gāotiě qù Shànghǎi hěn kuài.
  Taking the high-speed train to Shanghai is very fast.

## Characters

- [高](https://hanziro.com/word/gao-tall/) (gāo): tall; high
- [铁](https://hanziro.com/word/tie-iron/) (tiě): iron; hard

https://hanziro.com/word/gao-tie-high-speed-rail/

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