"铁" Chinese-English Dictionary
Le caractère 铁
铁
- Traditional
- 鐵
- Radical
- 金 (8 traits)
- Number of strokes
- 10
- Structure
- gauche et droite
- Cangjie
- OPHQO 人心竹手人
- Wubi
- QRWY
- GB 2312
- CCFA
- Unicode
- U+94C1
Decomposition Practice Sheet Dictionary of examples Synonyms
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 铁 鐵 | iron (metal) / arms / weapons / hard / strong / violent / unshakeable / determined / close / tight (slang) | syn |
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 铁路 鐵路 | railroad / railway / CL:條|条[tiao2] | ||
| 铁道 鐵道 | railway line / rail track | ||
| 铁青 鐵青 | ashen | syn | |
| 铁定 鐵定 | unalterable / certainly / definitely | syn | |
| 铁匠 鐵匠 | blacksmith / ironworker | syn | |
| 铁骑 鐵騎 | armored horses / crack horsemen | syn | |
| 铁甲 鐵甲 | mail plating / armor / armor plating | syn | |
| 铁塔 鐵塔 | iron tower | ||
| 铁皮 鐵皮 | galvanized iron sheet (for building construction) | syn | |
| 铁杆 鐵桿 | iron rod / zealous / die-hard | ||
| 铁杆 鐵桿 | iron (golf club) | ||
| 铁矿 鐵礦 | iron ore / iron ore mine | ||
| 铁板 鐵板 | iron panel / hot iron plate for fast grilling (Japanese: teppan) | ||
| 铁丝 鐵絲 | iron wire / CL:根[gen1] / subway enthusiast (abbr. for 地鐵粉絲|地铁粉丝[di4 tie3 fen3 si1]) / railway enthusiast (abbr. for 鐵路粉絲|铁路粉丝[tie3 lu4 fen3 si1]) | ||
| 铁链 鐵鏈 | iron chain | ||
| 铁拳 鐵拳 | iron fist | ||
| 铁人 鐵人 | Ironman | ||
| 铁轨 鐵軌 | rail / railroad track / CL:根[gen1] | syn | |
| 铁马 鐵馬 | armored horse / cavalry / metal chimes hanging from eaves / steel barricade / (Tw) bike | ||
| 铁打 鐵打 | made of iron / strong as iron | ||
| 铁器 鐵器 | hardware / ironware | ||
| 铁锅 鐵鍋 | iron cooking pot | ||
| 铁蹄 鐵蹄 | iron hoof (of the oppressor) | syn | |
| 铁腕 鐵腕 | iron fist (of the state) | syn | |
| 铁锹 鐵鍬 | spade / shovel | syn | |
| 铁棒 鐵棒 | iron club / steel rod | syn | |
| 铁窗 鐵窗 | window with an iron grating (apartment etc) / barred window of a prison cell | syn | |
| 铁锈 鐵鏽 | rust | ||
| 铁军 鐵軍 | invincible army | ||
| 铁木 鐵木 | ironwood | ||
| 铁面 鐵面 | iron mask (as defensive armor) / fig. upright and selfless person | ||
| 铁环 鐵環 | an iron ring | ||
| 铁树 鐵樹 | sago palm (Cycas revoluta) | syn | |
| 铁证 鐵證 | ironclad evidence / conclusive proof | syn | |
| 铁球 鐵球 | kung fu balls | ||
| 铁钩 鐵鈎 | iron hook | ||
| 铁石 鐵石 | iron and stone | ||
| 铁罐 鐵罐 | metal pot | ||
| 铁水 鐵水 | molten iron | syn | |
| 铁箱 鐵箱 | metal trunk / metal box / a safe | ||
| 铁幕 鐵幕 | Iron Curtain (1945-1991) (In Taiwan, the word was used to refer to both the Iron Curtain and the Bamboo Curtain.) | ||
| 铁饼 鐵餅 | (athletics) discus / discus throw | ||
| 铁锨 鐵鍁 | iron shovel / spade / CL:把[ba3] | ||
| 铁砂 鐵砂 | shot (in shotgun) / pellets | ||
| 铁箍 鐵箍 | iron hoop | ||
| 铁杉 鐵杉 | Tsuga chinensis | syn | |
| 铁砧 鐵砧 | anvil | ||
| 铁山 鐵山 | Tieshan district of Huangshi city 黃石市|黄石市[Huang2 shi2 shi4], Hubei | ||
| 铁齿 鐵齒 | (Tw) obstinate / argumentative / opinionated / skeptical of superstitions (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [thih-khí]) | ||
| 铁蛋 鐵蛋 | iron egg, a Taiwanese snack made by stewing eggs in soy sauce and air-drying them each day for a week |
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 钢铁 鋼鐵 | steel | syn | |
| 地铁 地鐵 | underground railway / subway / subway train | ||
| 铸铁 鑄鐵 | pig iron / foundry iron | syn | |
| 磁铁 磁鐵 | magnet | syn | |
| 生铁 生鐵 | pig iron | syn | |
| 废铁 廢鐵 | scrap iron | ||
| 高铁 高鐵 | high speed rail | ||
| 打铁 打鐵 | to forge ironware | syn | |
| 城铁 城鐵 | rapid transit system / urban railway | ||
| 烙铁 烙鐵 | flatiron / iron / branding iron / soldering iron | syn | |
| 亚铁 亞鐵 | ferrous | ||
| 炼铁 煉鐵 | smelting iron | ||
| 白铁 白鐵 | galvanized iron | syn | |
| 苏铁 蘇鐵 | sago palm (Cycas revoluta) | syn | |
| 角铁 角鐵 | angle iron | syn | |
| 锻铁 鍛鐵 | wrought iron | syn | |
| 熟铁 熟鐵 | wrought iron | syn | |
| 巴铁 巴鐵 | Transit Elevated Bus (TEB) / (coll.) Pakistani brethren / Pakistani comrades / abbr. for 巴基斯坦鐵哥們|巴基斯坦铁哥们[Ba1 ji1 si1 tan3 tie3 ge1 men5] | ||
| 搭铁 搭鐵 | abbr. for 搭鐵接線|搭铁接线 / chassis grounding (i.e. using the chassis as ground, to serve as a return path for current in an electric circuit) | ||
| 港铁 港鐵 | (Hong Kong) MTR (Mass Transit Railway) | ||
| 举铁 舉鐵 | (coll.) to pump iron | ||
| 老铁 老鐵 | (slang) very close friend / bro | ||
| 李铁 李鐵 | Li Tie (1977-), footballer | ||
| 撸铁 擼鐵 | (coll.) to pump iron / to work out | ||
| 摩铁 摩鐵 | (Tw) (loanword) motel | ||
| 拿铁 拿鐵 | latte (loanword) | ||
| 轻铁 輕鐵 | Hong Kong LRT (Light Rail Transit) (abbr. for 輕便鐵路|轻便铁路) | ||
| 软铁 軟鐵 | soft iron | ||
| 三铁 三鐵 | triathlon (Tw) / (athletics) throwing events excluding the hammer throw (i.e. discus, javelin and shot put) | ||
| 头铁 頭鐵 | (slang) stubborn / headstrong |