Literal English Map of Guangzhou Metro Line 5 is Awesome (and Useless)

“Meet me at ‘Fish Bead’ and then we can head over to ‘Guangzhou Fire Car Station’” is a confusing, albeit technically correct way to say “Meet me at Yuzhu and then we can head over to Guangzhou Railway Station.”

Confused? Both ‘Fish Bead’ and ‘Guangzhou Fire Car Station’ are the literal English translations of Metro Line 5’s Yuzhu Station and Guangzhou Huochezhan Station (better known as Guangzhou Railway Station). 

Translating Line 5’s Chinese names to literal English proved to be a comical undertaking, with the English-speaking staff in the That’s editorial office discovering the ‘true’ meaning of the names of the subway stops we ride daily (as the lovely That’s PRD office happens to be located on Line 5).

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Some of our favorite literal translations include: Starfruit Dustpan (Yangji), Hunting Virtue (Liede), Big Sand Land (Dashadi) and the exclusive-sounding Member Village (Yuancun).

See our revised map of Metro Line 5, with literal English translations, below:      

Too small? We’ve chopped the map into two sections below, split at Taojin Station:

While admittedly interesting, we imagine it will be a cold day in hell before these literal English names catch on in regular conversation.

Below, the full list of Line 5's literal English names:

滘口
Jiaokou
River Mouth

坦尾
Tanwei 
Plain Tail

中山八
ZhongshanBa 
Middle Mountain Eight 

西场
Xichang 
West Factory

西村
Xicun
West Village 

广州火车站
Guangzhou Railway Station 
Guangzhou Fire Car Station

小北
Xiaobei 
Little North 

淘金
Taojin
Gold Rush

区庄
Ouzhuang
Ou Village

动物园
Zoo 
Animal Park

杨箕
Yangji 
Carambola (Starfruit) Dustpan 

五羊邨
Wuyangcun
Five Ram Village

珠江新城
Zhujiang New Town
Pearl River New Town 

猎德
Liede 
Hunting Virtue 

潭村
Tancun
Pond Village 

员村
Yuancun 
Member Village

科韵路 
Keyun Lu
Science Rhyme Road 

车陂南
Chebeinan
Vehicle Riverside South 

东圃
Dongpu 
East Garden

三溪
Sanxi
Three Brook 

鱼珠
Yuzhu
Fish Bead

大沙东
Dashadong
Big Sand East

大沙地
Dashadi
Big Sand Land 

文冲
Wenchong
Character Rush

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