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Tiě

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Tiě Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Tiě | Tie3
English translation
surname Tie
iron (metal)
arms
weapons
hard
strong
violent
unshakeable
determined
close
tight (slang)
iron; strong, solid, firm

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About Tiě

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

tiě

Contains the radical

jīn

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

metal

Etymology of Tiě

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

钅失

Semantic compound

jīn

Phonetic compound

shī

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. jīn represents the meaning and shī represents the sound. Simplified form of tiě .

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Example sentences using Tiě

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爸爸 bàba yòng 铁锹 tiě qiāo fān 花园 huā yuán de .

Dad uses a spade to dig the garden.

最后 zuìhòu ,铁路 tiě lù shǎng de 工作人员 gōng zuò rén yuán yǒu de 耸肩 sǒng jiān 走开 zǒu kāi le , 有的 yǒu de 翻翻 yǎn , dōu 表示 biǎoshì 无能为力 wúnéngwéilì .

Finally the railway men shrugged , turned away, or rolled their eyes upward , all telegraphing surrender.

Shí léng kǎn dǐng shǎng yǒu dào ǎi 砖墙, 上面 shàng miàn shì 一道 yī dào 铁栏杆.

Upon the top of the bank was a low brick wall, surmounted by an iron railing.

我们 wǒmen xiàn 不光 bù guāng chū méi , 而且 érqiě chū Tiě .

Our country produces not only coal, but also iron.

铁丝网 tiě sī wǎng guā le de 手臂 shǒu bì .

The barbed wire had lacerated her arm.

Words with Tiě

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
Tiě arms tiě
地铁 dìtiě subway地鐵
铁路 tiě lù railroad鐵路
钢铁 gāngtiě steel鋼鐵
铁轨 tiě guǐ rail鐵軌
铁匠 tiě jiang blacksmith鐵匠
地铁站 dì tiě zhàn subway station地鐵站
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 [Jiāo​tōng​Yùn​shū​bù]鐵道部
铁链 tiě liàn iron chain鐵鏈
磁铁 cí tiě magnet磁鐵
铁丝网 tiě sī wǎng wire netting鐵絲網
铁木真 Tiě mù zhēn Temujin, birth name of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗 Chéng jí sī hán [Chéng​jí​sī​hán]鐵木真
手无寸铁 shǒu wú cùn tiě lit. not an inch of steel (idiom); unarmed and defenseless手無寸鐵
铁矿石 tiě kuàng shí iron ore鐵礦石
铁杆 tiě gān iron rod鐵桿
铁塔 tiě tǎ iron tower鐵塔
铁道 tiě dào railway line鐵道
铁锹 tiě qiāo spade鐵鍬
铁丝 tiě sī iron wire鐵絲
铁石心肠 tiě shí xīn cháng hard-hearted鐵石心腸
铁证 tiě zhèng ironclad evidence鐵證
铁皮 tiě pí galvanized iron sheet (for building construction)鐵皮
滑铁卢 Huá tiě lú Waterloo (Belgium)滑鐵盧
废铁 fèi tiě scrap iron廢鐵

Tiě Decomposition & Compounds

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Tiě Decomposition

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