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

永久磁 yǒng jiǔ cí tiě a permanent magnet
箔 yáng tiě bó tinfoil; CL:張|张[zhang1]
gǎng tiě (Hong Kong) MTR (Mass Transit Railway)
卢火车站 huá tiě lú huǒ chē zhàn Waterloo station (London)
沪宁路 hù níng tiě lù Shanghai-Nanjing Railway, a.k.a. Huning Railway
厂 liàn tiě chǎng iron foundry
白口 bái kǒu tiě white iron
硫酸 liú suān tiě ferrous sulfate
磨穿砚 mó chuān tiě yàn to grind one's way through an ink stone; to persevere in a difficult task (idiom); to study diligently (idiom)
粤汉路 yuè hàn tiě lù Canton-Hankou Railway, linking Guangzhou and Wuchang, incorporated since 1957 into the Jing-Guang Railway 京廣鐵路|京广铁路[Jing1 Guang3 Tie3 lu4]
网络路 wǎng luò tiě lù Network Rail (UK railway organization)
胶济路 jiāo jì tiě lù Jiaonan-Jinan railway
矿 líng tiě kuàng siderite
sū tiě sago palm (Cycas revoluta)
兰新路 lán xīn tiě lù Lanzhou-Xinjiang railway
jiǎo tiě angle iron
矿 chì tiě kuàng hematite (red iron ore); ferric oxide Fe2O3
踏破鞋 tà pò tiě xié lit. to wear out one's iron shoes (idiom); fig. to search high and low
踏破鞋无觅处,得来全不费工夫 tà pò tiě xié wú mì chù , dé lái quán bù fèi gōng fu to travel far and wide looking for sth, only to find it easily
qīng tiě Hong Kong LRT (Light Rail Transit) (abbr. for 輕便鐵路|轻便铁路)
金银铜锡 jīn yín tóng tiě xī the 5 metals: gold, silver, copper, iron and tin
矿 tài tiě kuàng ilmenite FeTiO3; titanium ore
xiǎn tiě cast iron
侠 gāng tiě xiá Iron Man, comic book superhero
学院 gāng tiě xué yuàn Beijing Steel and Iron Institute (the former name of 北京科技大學|北京科技大学[Bei3 jing1 Ke1 ji4 Da4 xue2], University of Science and Technology Beijing)