tiě

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Definitions

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

Words Containing 铁

地铁
dì tiě

underground railway; subway

地铁站
dì tiě zhàn

subway station

斩钉截铁
zhǎn dīng jié tiě

lit. to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom)

钢铁
gāng tiě

steel

铁路
tiě lù

railroad

高铁
gāo tiě

high speed rail

三氯化铁
sān lǜ huà tiě

ferric chloride FeCl3

三角铁
sān jiǎo tiě

triangle (musical instrument)

三铁
sān tiě

(athletics) throwing events excluding the hammer throw (i.e. discus, javelin and shot put)

不锈铁
bù xiù tiě

stainless iron

亚铁
yà tiě

ferrous

京九铁路
jīng jiǔ tiě lù

JingJiu (Beijing-Kowloon) railway

京哈铁路
jīng hā tiě lù

Beijing-Harbin railway

京广铁路
jīng guǎng tiě lù

Jing-Guang (Beijing-Guangzhou) Railway

京沪高铁
jīng hù gāo tiě

Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway, completed in 2010

人是铁饭是钢
rén shì tiě fàn shì gāng

one can't function properly on an empty stomach (idiom)

刀片铁丝网
dāo piàn tiě sī wǎng

razor wire

加拿大太平洋铁路
jiā ná dà tài píng yáng tiě lù

Canadian Pacific Railway

只要功夫深,铁杵磨成针
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.

吸铁石
xī tiě shí

a magnet

地下铁路
dì xià tiě lù

subway

埃菲尔铁塔
āi fēi ěr tiě tǎ

Eiffel Tower

城铁
chéng tiě

rapid transit system

太平洋联合铁路
tài píng yáng lián hé tiě lù

Union Pacific Railroad

富铁土
fù tiě tǔ

ferrosol (soil taxonomy)

宝成铁路
bǎo chéng tiě lù

Baoji-Chengdu Railway

宝武钢铁
bǎo wǔ gāng tiě

Baowu, the world's largest steel maker, resulting from the merger of Baosteel 寶鋼集團|宝钢集团[bǎo gāng jí tuán] and Wuhan Iron and Steel 武漢鋼鐵|武汉钢铁[wǔ hàn gāng tiě] in 2016

巴铁
bā tiě

Transit Elevated Bus (TEB)

废铜烂铁
fèi tóng làn tiě

scrap metal

废铁
fèi tiě

scrap iron

广九铁路
guǎng jiǔ tiě lù

Guangdong and Kowloon railway

恨铁不成钢
hèn tiě bù chéng gāng

lit. disappointed that iron does not turn into steel (idiom)

手无寸铁
shǒu wú cùn tiě

lit. not an inch of steel (idiom); unarmed and defenseless

打铁
dǎ tiě

to forge ironware

打铁趁热
dǎ tiě chèn rè

strike the iron while it's hot (idiom)

拿铁
ná tiě

latte (loanword)

拿铁咖啡
ná tiě kā fēi

caffe latte

搭铁
dā tiě

chassis grounding (i.e. using the chassis as ground, to serve as a return path for current in an electric circuit)

撒拉铁
sā lā tiě

Shealtiel (son of Jeconiah)

撸铁
lū tiě

(coll.) to pump iron

李铁
lǐ tiě

Li Tie (1977-), footballer

李铁拐
lǐ tiě guǎi

Iron-Crutch Li, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙[bā xiān] in Chinese mythology, walking around with an iron crutch and carrying a gourd with special medicine

武汉钢铁公司
wǔ hàn gāng tiě gōng sī

Wuhan Iron and Steel

永久磁铁
yǒng jiǔ cí tiě

a permanent magnet

洋铁箔
yáng tiě bó

tinfoil

港铁
gǎng tiě

(Hong Kong) MTR (Mass Transit Railway)

滑铁卢
huá tiě lú

Waterloo (Belgium)

滑铁卢火车站
huá tiě lú huǒ chē zhàn

Waterloo Station (London)

沪宁铁路
hù níng tiě lù

Shanghai-Nanjing Railway, a.k.a. Huning Railway

烙铁
lào tie

flatiron

炼铁
liàn tiě

smelting iron

炼铁厂
liàn tiě chǎng

iron foundry

熟铁
shú tiě

wrought iron

生铁
shēng tiě

pig iron

白口铁
bái kǒu tiě
白铁
bái tiě

galvanized iron

砸锅卖铁
zá guō mài tiě

to be willing to sacrifice everything one has (idiom)

硫酸铁
liú suān tiě

ferrous sulfate

磁铁
cí tiě

magnet

磁铁矿
cí tiě kuàng

magnetite Fe3O4

磨穿铁砚
mó chuān tiě yàn

to grind one's way through an ink stone

粤汉铁路
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[jīng guǎng tiě lù]

网络铁路
wǎng luò tiě lù

Network Rail (UK railway organization)

老铁
lǎo tiě

(slang) very close friend

胶济铁路
jiāo jì tiě lù

Jiaonan-Jinan railway

举铁
jǔ tiě

(coll.) to pump iron

艾菲尔铁塔
ài fēi ěr tiě tǎ

Eiffel Tower

菱铁矿
líng tiě kuàng

siderite

苏铁
sū tiě

sago palm (Cycas revoluta)

兰新铁路
lán xīn tiě lù

Lanzhou-Xinjiang railway

角铁
jiǎo tiě

angle iron

赤铁矿
chì tiě kuàng

hematite (red iron ore)

趁热打铁
chèn rè dǎ tiě

to strike while the iron is hot

踏破铁鞋
tà pò tiě xié

lit. to wear out one's iron shoes (idiom)

踏破铁鞋无觅处,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

金戈铁马
jīn gē tiě mǎ

very powerful army

钛铁矿
tài tiě kuàng

ilmenite FeTiO3

铜墙铁壁
tóng qiáng tiě bì

copper wall, iron bastion (idiom); impenetrable defense

铣铁
xiǎn tiě

cast iron

钢铁侠
gāng tiě xiá

Iron Man, comic book superhero

钢铁学院
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[běi jīng kē jì dà xué], University of Science and Technology Beijing)

钢铁工业
gāng tiě gōng yè

steel industry

钢铁厂
gāng tiě chǎng

iron and steel works

铮铮铁汉
zhēng zhēng tiě hàn

a strong and determined man (idiom)

锻铁
duàn tiě

wrought iron

锈铁
xiù tiě

rusty iron

铁三
tiě sān

triathlon

铁了心
tiě le xīn

determined

铁人
tiě rén

Ironman

铁人三项
tiě rén sān xiàng

triathlon

铁公鸡
tiě gōng jī

cheapskate

铁力
tiě lì

Tieli city in Yichun 伊春市[yī chūn shì], Heilongjiang

铁力市
tiě lì shì

Tieli city in Yichun 伊春市[yī chūn shì], Heilongjiang

铁力木
tiě lì mù

ironwood (Mesua ferrea)

铁匠
tiě jiang

blacksmith

铁哥们
tiě gē men

(coll.) very close male friends

铁嘴沙鸻
tiě zuǐ shā héng

(bird species of China) greater sand plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)

铁器
tiě qì

hardware

铁塔
tiě tǎ

iron tower

铁子
tiě zi

(slang) very close friend

铁定
tiě dìng

unalterable

铁将军把门
tiě jiāng jūn bǎ mén

lit. General Iron is guarding the door (idiom)

铁山
tiě shān

Tieshan district of Huangshi city 黃石市|黄石市[huáng shí shì], Hubei

铁山区
tiě shān qū

Tieshan district of Huangshi city 黃石市|黄石市[huáng shí shì], Hubei

铁山港区
tiě shān gǎng qū

Tieshangang district of Beihai city 北海市[běi hǎi shì], Guangxi

铁峰
tiě fēng

Tiefeng district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[qí qí hā ěr], Heilongjiang

铁峰区
tiě fēng qū

Tiefeng district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[qí qí hā ěr], Heilongjiang

铁岭
tiě lǐng

Tieling, prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省[liáo níng shěng] in northeast China

铁岭地区
tiě lǐng dì qū

Tieling prefecture and county in Liaoning

铁岭市
tiě lǐng shì

Tieling, prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省[liáo níng shěng] in northeast China

铁岭县
tiě lǐng xiàn

Tieling county in Tieling 鐵嶺|铁岭[tiě lǐng], Liaoning

铁幕
tiě mù

Iron Curtain (1945-1991) (In Taiwan, the word was used to refer to both the Iron Curtain and the Bamboo Curtain.)

铁打
tiě dǎ

made of iron

铁打的衙门,流水的官
tiě dǎ de yá men , liú shuǐ de guān

lit. the yamen is strong as iron, the officials flow like water (idiom)

铁托
tiě tuō

Marshal Josip Broz Tito (1892-1980), Yugoslav military and communist political leader, president of Yugoslavia 1945-1980

铁拐李
tiě guǎi lǐ

see 李鐵拐|李铁拐[lǐ tiě guǎi]

铁拳
tiě quán

Tekken (video game)

铁木真
tiě mù zhēn

Temujin, birth name of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗[chéng jí sī hán]

铁杉
tiě shān

Tsuga chinensis

铁杖
tiě zhàng

steel staff

铁东
tiě dōng

Tiedong district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin

铁东区
tiě dōng qū

Tiedong district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin

铁杵成针
tiě chǔ chéng zhēn

see 磨杵成針|磨杵成针[mó chǔ chéng zhēn]

铁板
tiě bǎn

iron panel

铁板烧
tiě bǎn shāo

teppanyaki

铁板牛柳
tiě bǎn niú liǔ

fillet beef served sizzling on a hot iron plate

铁板牛肉
tiě bǎn niú ròu

beef grilled on a hot iron plate

铁板茄子
tiě bǎn qié zi

eggplant served sizzling on a hot iron plate

铁格子
tiě gé zi

iron lattice

铁杆
tiě gān

iron (golf club)

铁杆
tiě gǎn

iron rod

铁杆粉丝
tiě gǎn fěn sī

die-hard fan

铁棒
tiě bàng

iron club

铁树
tiě shù

sago palm (Cycas revoluta)

铁树开花
tiě shù kāi huā

lit. the iron tree blooms (idiom)

铁栏
tiě lán

metal grille

铁水
tiě shuǐ

molten iron

铁法
tiě fǎ

Tiefa city and former county, now Tieling, county-level city 鐵嶺市|铁岭市[tiě lǐng shì], Liaoning

铁法市
tiě fǎ shì

Tiefa city, now Tieling, county-level city 鐵嶺市|铁岭市[tiě lǐng shì], Liaoning

铁爪鹀
tiě zhǎo wú

(bird species of China) Lapland longspur (Calcarius lapponicus)

铁尔梅兹
tiě ěr méi zī

Termez city in southeast Uzbekistan

铁球
tiě qiú

kung fu balls

铁琴
tiě qín

metallophone

铁环
tiě huán

an iron ring

铁甲
tiě jiǎ

mail plating

铁甲船
tiě jiǎ chuán

armored ship

铁甲舰
tiě jiǎ jiàn

ironclad

铁甲车
tiě jiǎ chē

armored car

铁皮
tiě pí

galvanized iron sheet (for building construction)

铁石
tiě shí

iron and stone

铁石心肠
tiě shí xīn cháng

to have a heart of stone

铁砂
tiě shā

shot (in shotgun)

铁砧
tiě zhēn

anvil

铁矿
tiě kuàng

iron ore

铁矿石
tiě kuàng shí

iron ore

铁窗
tiě chuāng

window with an iron grating (apartment etc)

铁窗生活
tiě chuāng shēng huó

time served in prison

铁箍
tiě gū

iron hoop

铁箱
tiě xiāng

metal trunk

铁丝
tiě sī

iron wire

铁丝网
tiě sī wǎng

wire netting

铁罐
tiě guàn

metal pot

铁腕
tiě wàn

iron fist (of the state)

铁菱
tiě líng

(military) caltrop (spiky metal device laid on the ground to create a hazard for enemy horses or troops in ancient times)

铁菱角
tiě líng jiǎo

see 鐵菱|铁菱[tiě líng]

铁蛋
tiě dàn

iron egg, a Taiwanese snack made by stewing eggs in soy sauce and air-drying them each day for a week

铁蛋子
tiě dàn zi

see 鐵球|铁球[tiě qiú]

铁血宰相
tiě xuè zǎi xiàng

Iron Chancellor, refers to Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898), Prussian politician, minister-president of Prussia 1862-1873, Chancellor of Germany 1871-1890

铁西
tiě xī

Tiexi district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin

铁西区
tiě xī qū

Tiexi district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin

铁观音
tiě guān yīn

Tieguanyin tea (a variety of oolong tea)

铁证
tiě zhèng

ironclad evidence

铁证如山
tiě zhèng rú shān

irrefutable evidence

铁路线
tiě lù xiàn

railway line

铁蹄
tiě tí

iron hoof (of the oppressor)

铁轨
tiě guǐ

rail

铁军
tiě jūn

invincible army

铁通
tiě tōng

(Cantonese) iron pipe (weapon)

铁道
tiě dào

railway line

铁道部
tiě dào bù

Ministry of Railways (MOR), disbanded in 2013 with its regulatory functions taken over by the Ministry of Transport 交通運輸部|交通运输部[jiāo tōng yùn shū bù]

铁达尼号
tiě dá ní hào

PRC equivalent: 泰坦尼克號|泰坦尼克号[tài tǎn ní kè hào]

铁钩
tiě gōu

iron hook

铁铝土
tiě lǚ tǔ

ferralsol (soil taxonomy)

铁锨
tiě xiān

iron shovel

铁锅
tiě guō

iron cooking pot

铁锹
tiě qiāo

spade

铁镁质
tiě měi zhì

mafic rock (containing magnesium and iron, so comparatively heavy, making oceanic plates)

铁链
tiě liàn

iron chain

铁锈
tiě xiù

rust

铁青
tiě qīng

ashen

铁面
tiě miàn

iron mask (as defensive armor)

铁面无私
tiě miàn wú sī

strictly impartial and incorruptible (idiom)

铁饭碗
tiě fàn wǎn

secure employment (lit. iron rice bowl)

铁饼
tiě bǐng

(athletics) discus

铁马
tiě mǎ

armored horse

铁骑
tiě qí

armored horses

铁齿铜牙
tiě chǐ tóng yá

clever and eloquent speaker (idiom)

铸铁
zhù tiě

pig iron

陇海铁路
lǒng hǎi tiě lù

Jiangsu-Gansu railway

雪铁龙
xuě tiě lóng

Citroën (French car manufacturer)