铁
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Definitions
- 1. iron (metal)
- 2. arms
- 3. weapons
- 4. hard
- 5. strong
- 6. violent
- 7. unshakeable
- 8. determined
- 9. close
- 10. tight (slang)
Words Containing 铁
underground railway; subway
subway station
lit. to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom)
steel
railroad
high speed rail
ferric chloride FeCl3
triangle (musical instrument)
(athletics) throwing events excluding the hammer throw (i.e. discus, javelin and shot put)
stainless iron
ferrous
JingJiu (Beijing-Kowloon) railway
Beijing-Harbin railway
Jing-Guang (Beijing-Guangzhou) Railway
Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway, completed in 2010
one can't function properly on an empty stomach (idiom)
razor wire
Canadian Pacific Railway
If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.
a magnet
subway
Eiffel Tower
rapid transit system
Union Pacific Railroad
ferrosol (soil taxonomy)
Baoji-Chengdu Railway
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
Transit Elevated Bus (TEB)
scrap metal
scrap iron
Guangdong and Kowloon railway
lit. disappointed that iron does not turn into steel (idiom)
lit. not an inch of steel (idiom); unarmed and defenseless
to forge ironware
strike the iron while it's hot (idiom)
latte (loanword)
caffe latte
chassis grounding (i.e. using the chassis as ground, to serve as a return path for current in an electric circuit)
Shealtiel (son of Jeconiah)
(coll.) to pump iron
Li Tie (1977-), footballer
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
Wuhan Iron and Steel
a permanent magnet
tinfoil
(Hong Kong) MTR (Mass Transit Railway)
Waterloo (Belgium)
Waterloo Station (London)
Shanghai-Nanjing Railway, a.k.a. Huning Railway
flatiron
smelting iron
iron foundry
wrought iron
pig iron
galvanized iron
to be willing to sacrifice everything one has (idiom)
ferrous sulfate
magnet
magnetite Fe3O4
to grind one's way through an ink stone
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]
Network Rail (UK railway organization)
(slang) very close friend
Jiaonan-Jinan railway
(coll.) to pump iron
Eiffel Tower
siderite
sago palm (Cycas revoluta)
Lanzhou-Xinjiang railway
angle iron
hematite (red iron ore)
to strike while the iron is hot
lit. to wear out one's iron shoes (idiom)
to travel far and wide looking for sth, only to find it easily
very powerful army
ilmenite FeTiO3
copper wall, iron bastion (idiom); impenetrable defense
cast iron
Iron Man, comic book superhero
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)
steel industry
iron and steel works
a strong and determined man (idiom)
wrought iron
rusty iron
triathlon
determined
Ironman
triathlon
cheapskate
Tieli city in Yichun 伊春市[yī chūn shì], Heilongjiang
Tieli city in Yichun 伊春市[yī chūn shì], Heilongjiang
ironwood (Mesua ferrea)
blacksmith
(coll.) very close male friends
(bird species of China) greater sand plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)
hardware
iron tower
(slang) very close friend
unalterable
lit. General Iron is guarding the door (idiom)
Tieshan district of Huangshi city 黃石市|黄石市[huáng shí shì], Hubei
Tieshan district of Huangshi city 黃石市|黄石市[huáng shí shì], Hubei
Tieshangang district of Beihai city 北海市[běi hǎi shì], Guangxi
Tiefeng district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[qí qí hā ěr], Heilongjiang
Tiefeng district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[qí qí hā ěr], Heilongjiang
Tieling, prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省[liáo níng shěng] in northeast China
Tieling prefecture and county in Liaoning
Tieling, prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省[liáo níng shěng] in northeast China
Tieling county in Tieling 鐵嶺|铁岭[tiě lǐng], Liaoning
Iron Curtain (1945-1991) (In Taiwan, the word was used to refer to both the Iron Curtain and the Bamboo Curtain.)
made of iron
lit. the yamen is strong as iron, the officials flow like water (idiom)
Marshal Josip Broz Tito (1892-1980), Yugoslav military and communist political leader, president of Yugoslavia 1945-1980
see 李鐵拐|李铁拐[lǐ tiě guǎi]
Tekken (video game)
Temujin, birth name of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗[chéng jí sī hán]
Tsuga chinensis
steel staff
Tiedong district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin
Tiedong district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin
see 磨杵成針|磨杵成针[mó chǔ chéng zhēn]
iron panel
teppanyaki
fillet beef served sizzling on a hot iron plate
beef grilled on a hot iron plate
eggplant served sizzling on a hot iron plate
iron lattice
iron (golf club)
iron rod
die-hard fan
iron club
sago palm (Cycas revoluta)
lit. the iron tree blooms (idiom)
metal grille
molten iron
Tiefa city and former county, now Tieling, county-level city 鐵嶺市|铁岭市[tiě lǐng shì], Liaoning
Tiefa city, now Tieling, county-level city 鐵嶺市|铁岭市[tiě lǐng shì], Liaoning
(bird species of China) Lapland longspur (Calcarius lapponicus)
Termez city in southeast Uzbekistan
kung fu balls
metallophone
an iron ring
mail plating
armored ship
ironclad
armored car
galvanized iron sheet (for building construction)
iron and stone
to have a heart of stone
shot (in shotgun)
anvil
iron ore
iron ore
window with an iron grating (apartment etc)
time served in prison
iron hoop
metal trunk
iron wire
wire netting
metal pot
iron fist (of the state)
(military) caltrop (spiky metal device laid on the ground to create a hazard for enemy horses or troops in ancient times)
see 鐵菱|铁菱[tiě líng]
iron egg, a Taiwanese snack made by stewing eggs in soy sauce and air-drying them each day for a week
see 鐵球|铁球[tiě qiú]
Iron Chancellor, refers to Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898), Prussian politician, minister-president of Prussia 1862-1873, Chancellor of Germany 1871-1890
Tiexi district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin
Tiexi district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin
Tieguanyin tea (a variety of oolong tea)
ironclad evidence
irrefutable evidence
railway line
iron hoof (of the oppressor)
rail
invincible army
(Cantonese) iron pipe (weapon)
railway line
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]
PRC equivalent: 泰坦尼克號|泰坦尼克号[tài tǎn ní kè hào]
iron hook
ferralsol (soil taxonomy)
iron shovel
iron cooking pot
spade
mafic rock (containing magnesium and iron, so comparatively heavy, making oceanic plates)
iron chain
rust
ashen
iron mask (as defensive armor)
strictly impartial and incorruptible (idiom)
secure employment (lit. iron rice bowl)
(athletics) discus
armored horse
armored horses
clever and eloquent speaker (idiom)
pig iron
Jiangsu-Gansu railway
Citroën (French car manufacturer)