铁

Iron (metal) in Chinese: 铁 (tiě)

tiě

iron (metal)

HSK 3.0 Level 3Traditional: 鐵1 example sentence

Definitions

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

Stroke order

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铁

Zhuyin

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ㄊㄧㄝˇ

tiě

ㄊ/ tㄧ/ iㄝ/ êˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

铁

Simplified

鐵

Traditional

Example sentences

See 铁 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 这个门是用铁做的。

    zhè ge mén shì yòng tiě zuò de。

    This door is made of iron.

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Related words

地铁

dì tiě

underground railway

钢铁

gāng tiě

steel

铁路

tiě lù

railroad

高铁

gāo tiě

high speed rail

地铁站

dì tiě zhàn

subway station

听力

tīng lì

hearing

听众

tīng zhòng

audience

通信

tōng xìn

to correspond (by letter etc)

痛

tòng

ache

头脑

tóu nǎo

brains

图

tú

diagram

图画

tú huà

drawing

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