Chinese Notes

铁 (鐵) tiě

tiě noun iron
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Chemistry , Concept: Chemical Element 元素
Notes: (Guoyu '鐵' n 1; Unihan '鐵'; Wikipedia '铁')
tiě adjective strong; solid; firm
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 坚固 or 坚硬; for example, 铁拳 'iron fist' (Guoyu '鐵' adj 1; Unihan '鐵')
tiě noun a weapon
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 兵器; for example, the idiom 手无寸铁 'hands without an inch of steel [unarmed]' (Guoyu '鐵' n 2)
tiě proper noun Tie
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '鐵' n 3)
tiě adverb certainly
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 必定 (Guoyu '鐵' adv)

Contained in

铁人赛(鐵人賽) ironman; triathlon
钢铁工业(鋼鐵工業) steel industry
铸铁(鑄鐵) pig iron ; cast iron
熟铁(熟鐵) wrought iron
铁锅(鐵鍋) iron cooking pot
铁嘴沙鸻(鐵嘴沙鴴) greater sand plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)
铁齿铜牙(鐵齒銅牙) clever and eloquent speaker
金银铜铁锡(金銀銅鐵錫) the 5 metals: gold, silver, copper, iron and tin
铁轨(鐵軌) rail; railroad track
铁甲(鐵甲) mail plating; armor; armor plating
铁道(鐵道) a railway track
铁定(鐵定) unalterable; certainly; definitely
铁拳(鐵拳) an iron fist
铁线描(鐵線描) iron-wire drawing
打铁(打鐵) to forge ironware
点金成铁(點金成鐵) to transform gold into base metal; to edit sb else's beautiful prose and ruin it
铁杆(鐵桿) iron (golf club) ; iron rod; zealous; die-hard
铁路线(鐵路線) railway line
铁窗(鐵窗) window with an iron grating (apartment etc); barred window of a prison cell
金戈铁马(金戈鐵馬) very powerful army
铁了心(鐵了心) determined; unshakable
硫酸铁(硫酸鐵) ferrous sulfate
铁拐李(鐵拐李) Iron-Crutch Li
磷酸铁锂电池(磷酸鐵鋰電池) lithium iron phosphate battery
铁观音(鐵觀音) Tie Guanyin tea
铜墙铁壁(銅牆鐵壁) copper wall, iron bastion; impenetrable defense
高铁血红蛋白(高鐵血紅蛋白) hemoglobin
铁板烧(鐵板燒) teppanyaki
永久磁铁(永久磁鐵) a permanent magnet
沪宁铁路(滬寧鐵路) Shanghai-Nanjing Railway, a.k.a. Huning Railway
铁三(鐵三) triathlon
铁牛(鐵牛) an iron ox ; someone of great strength and courage ; a tractor
洋铁箔(洋鐵箔) tinfoil
李铁拐(李鐵拐) Li Tieguai
炼铁(煉鐵) smelting iron
拿铁咖啡(拿鐵咖啡) latte (coffee); café latte
兰新铁路(蘭新鐵路) Lanzhou-Xinjiang railway
亚铁(亞鐵) ferrous
青藏铁路线(青藏鐵路線) Qinghai-Tibet railway
地铁(地鐵) subway; metro
锈铁(鏽鐵) rusty iron

Also contained in

李铁、铁峰、铁达尼号、网络铁路、铁山区、铁器、粤汉铁路、铁岭、铁扇公主、铁法

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卷一百八十志第一百三十三食貨下二 Volume 180 Treatises 133: Finance and Economics 2b History of Song 宋史 — count: 106
卷七十　表第八:　屬國表 Volume 70 Tables 8: Vassal States History of Liao 遼史 — count: 42
卷二百〇五　　列傳第九十二: 姦臣 Volume 205 Biographies 92: Treacherous Ministers History of Yuan 元史 — count: 39
卷二十七　本紀第二十七: 英宗一 Volume 27 Annals 27: Yingzong 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 35
卷二十二　本紀第二十二: 武宗一 Volume 22 Annals 22: Wuzong 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 34
卷一百八十五志第一百三十八食貨下七 Volume 185 Treatises 138: Finance and Economics 2g History of Song 宋史 — count: 33
卷二十九　本紀第二十九: 泰定帝一 Volume 29 Annals 29: Emperor Taiding 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 33
卷四十一　　　　志第三十一　　地理五 Volume 41 Treatises 35: Gepgraphy 5 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 33
卷三十二　本紀第三十二: 文宗一 Volume 32 Annals 32: Wenzong 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 31
卷一百二十五　列傳第十二: 賽典赤贍思丁布魯海牙高智耀鐵哥 Volume 125 Biographies 12: Ajall Shams al-Din Omar, Buluhaiya, Gaozhiyao, Tiege History of Yuan 元史 — count: 30

Collocations

盐铁 (鹽鐵) 鹽鐵之筴 — Guanzi 管子, 山國軌第七十四 Chapter 74: State Roadways in Mountainous Areas — count: 38
铁官 (鐵官) 今鐵官之數曰 — Guanzi 管子, 海王第七十二 Chapter 72: King of the Sea — count: 23
铁骊 (鐵驪) 駕鐵驪 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 5
金铁 (金鐵) 金鐵 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 5
铁椎 (鐵椎) 得力士為鐵椎 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷六復恩 Chapter 6: Repaying Kindness — count: 5
铅铁 (鉛鐵) 大抵必雜以鉛鐵焉 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 3 — count: 4
铜铁 (銅鐵) 若銅鐵及他可以左守事者 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十五雜守 Book 15 - Miscellaneous Measures in Defense — count: 4
铁冶 (鐵冶) 而邯鄲郭縱以鐵冶成業 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《太史公自序》 Biographies of Usurers — count: 4
铁篭 (鐵篭) 令其宗人盡斷其車軸末而傅鐵籠 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《田單列傳》 Biography of Tian Dan — count: 3
铁锁 (鐵鎖) 鐵鎖 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十四備穴 Book 14 - Preparation against Tunnelling — count: 3