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tiě

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tiě Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tiě | tie3
English translation
iron; strong, solid, firm

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About tiě

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Number of strokes

21

Traditional form

tiě

Contains the radical

jīn

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

metal

Etymology of tiě

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

jīn 十戜

Semantic compound

jīn

Phonetic compound

dié

Explanation

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

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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

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