Character
| HSK | 3 |
|---|---|
| FREQUENCY | 779th character |
| RADICAL | ⾦ (167.5) |
| STROKES | 10 |
| INDEX # | 1932 |
| TRADITIONAL | 鐵 |
iron; strong, solid, firm
HSK 3
#779
DEFINITIONS
| 铁 tiě |
|
STROKES
WORDS
| 地铁 dì tiě | subway; metro |
| 钢铁 gāng tiě | steel |
| 斩钉截铁 zhǎn dīng jié tiě | lit. to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom); fig. resolute and decisive; unhesitating; categorical |
| 铁路 tiě lù | railroad; railway; CL:條|条[tiao2] |
| 铁轨 tiě guǐ | rail; railroad track; CL:根[gen1] |
| 地铁站 dì tiě zhàn | subway station |
| 铁匠 tiě jiang | blacksmith; ironworker |
| 铁链 tiě liàn | iron chain |
| 铁木真 tiě mù zhēn | Temujin, birth name of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗[Cheng2 ji2 si1 han2] |
| 磁铁 cí tiě | magnet |
| 铁丝网 tiě sī wǎng | wire netting; CL:道[dao4] |
| 手无寸铁 shǒu wú cùn tiě | lit. not an inch of steel (idiom); unarmed and defenseless |
| 铁石心肠 tiě shí xīn cháng | to have a heart of stone; hard-hearted; unfeeling |
| 铁证 tiě zhèng | ironclad evidence; conclusive proof |
| 铁锹 tiě qiāo | spade; shovel |
| 滑铁卢 huá tiě lú | Waterloo (Belgium); Battle of Waterloo (1815); fig. a defeat; failure |
| 铁丝 tiě sī | iron wire; CL:根[gen1] |
| 铁塔 tiě tǎ | iron tower |
| 废铁 fèi tiě | scrap iron |
| 铁皮 tiě pí | galvanized iron sheet (for building construction) |
| 铁道 tiě dào | railway line; rail track |
| 铁人 tiě rén | Ironman |
| 铁窗 tiě chuāng | window with an iron grating (apartment etc); barred window of a prison cell |
| 铁板 tiě bǎn | iron panel; hot iron plate for fast grilling (Japanese: teppan) |
| 铁拳 tiě quán | Tekken (video game) |
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