tiě

Traditional: 鐵

HSK 3

铁 (tiě) is a Chinese word meaning “iron (metal); arms; weapons”.

Meanings

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

Related words

铁surname Tie地铁underground railway; subway铁路railroad钢铁steel铁轨rail地铁站subway station铁匠blacksmith铁链iron chain铁木真Temujin, birth name of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗[Cheng2 ji2 si1 han2]磁铁magnet铁丝网wire netting手无寸铁lit. not an inch of steel (idiom); unarmed and defenseless

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