tiě

iron; strong, solid, firm

HSK 3 #779

DEFINITIONS

铁 tiě
  • surname Tie
  • iron (metal)
  • arms
  • weapons
  • hard
  • strong
  • violent
  • unshakeable
  • determined
  • close
  • tight (slang)

STROKES

WORDS

京九路 jīng jiǔ tiě lù JingJiu (Beijing-Kowloon) railway
京哈路 jīng hā tiě lù Beijing-Harbin railway
京广路 jīng guǎng tiě lù Jing-Guang (Beijing-Guangzhou) Railway
京沪高 jīng hù gāo tiě Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway, completed in 2010; abbr. for 京滬高速鐵路|京沪高速铁路
人是饭是钢 rén shì tiě fàn shì gāng one can't function properly on an empty stomach (idiom); an empty sack cannot stand upright
加拿大太平洋路 jiā ná dà tài píng yáng tiě lù Canadian Pacific Railway
只要功夫深,杵磨成针 zhǐ yào gōng fu shēn , tiě chǔ mó chéng zhēn If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.; cf idiom 磨杵成針|磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task; to study diligently
地下路 dì xià tiě lù subway
埃菲尔塔 āi fēi ěr tiě tǎ Eiffel Tower
chéng tiě rapid transit system; urban railway
太平洋联合路 tài píng yáng lián hé tiě lù Union Pacific Railroad
土 fù tiě tǔ Ferrosols (Chinese Soil Taxonomy)
宝成路 bǎo chéng tiě lù Baoji-Chengdu Railway
bā tiě 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]
废铜烂 fèi tóng làn tiě scrap metal; a pile of junk
广九路 guǎng jiǔ tiě lù Guangdong and Kowloon railway
不成钢 hèn tiě bù chéng gāng lit. to hate iron for not becoming steel; to feel resentful towards sb for failing to meet expectations and impatient to see improvement (idiom)
ná tiě latte (loanword)
咖啡 ná tiě kā fēi latte (coffee); café latte
dā tiě 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)
撒拉 sǎ lā tiě Shealtiel (son of Jeconiah)
lū tiě (coll.) to pump iron; to work out
lǐ tiě Li Tie (1977-), footballer
拐 lǐ tiě guǎi Iron-Crutch Li, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙[Ba1 xian1] in Chinese mythology, walking around with an iron crutch and carrying a gourd with special medicine
武汉钢公司 wǔ hàn gāng tiě gōng sī Wuhan Iron and Steel