tiě

iron (metal); hard; strong

HSK 3 #779

Character data

HSK 3
Frequency 779th character
Radical ⾦ (167.5)
Strokes 10
Index # 1932
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

铁 tiě
  1. 1. iron (metal)
  2. 2. hard
  3. 3. strong
  4. 4. determined
  5. 5. close
  6. 6. tight (slang)
  7. 7. weapons
  8. 8. arms
  9. 9. violent
  10. 10. unshakeable
  11. 11. surname Tie

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Words containing 铁

Word Meaning
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Beijing-Harbin railway
Jing-Guang (Beijing-Guangzhou) Railway
abbr. for 京沪高速铁路
one can't function properly on an empty stomach (idiom)
Canadian Pacific Railway
with enough effort, you can succeed
subway
Eiffel Tower
urban railway; rapid transit system
Union Pacific Railroad
Ferrosols (Chinese Soil Taxonomy)
Baoji-Chengdu Railway
(coll.) Pakistani brethren; Pakistani comrades
a pile of junk; scrap metal
Guangdong and Kowloon railway
to feel resentful towards sb for failing to meet expectations and impatient to see improvement (idiom)
latte (loanword)
latte (coffee); café latte
chassis ground; use metal body as ground
Shealtiel (son of Jeconiah)
to work out; (coll.) to pump iron
Li Tie (1977-), footballer
Iron-Crutch Li, one of the Eight Immortals
Wuhan Iron and Steel