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铁

tiě

iron; strong, solid, firm

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Strokes
10
Radical
金
HSK
2
Tone
3

Traditional form: 鐵

Stroke order

Example sentences

  • 地铁在地下通行。

    Dì tiě zài dì xià tōng xíng

    Subways run under the ground.

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  • 地铁站有点儿远

    Dì tiě zhàn yǒu diǎn r yuǎn

    The metro station is quite far.

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  • 铁路与公路平行。

    Tiě lù yǔ gōng lù píng xíng

    The railroad is parallel to the road.

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  • 铁是一种金属。

    Tiě shì yī zhǒng jīn shǔ

    Iron is a metal.

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Words containing 铁

  • 地铁dì tiě 4–3 underground railway; subway; subway train
  • 地铁站dì tiě zhàn 4–3–4subway station
  • 铁tiě 3iron (metal); arms; weapons; hard; strong; violent; unshakeable; determined; close; tight (slang)
  • 铁路tiě lù 3–4 railroad; railway
  • 高铁gāo tiě 1–3 high speed rail
  • 钢铁gāng tiě 1–3 steel
  • 斩钉截铁zhǎn dīng jié tiě 3–1–2–3lit. to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom); fig. resolute and decisive; unhesitating; categorical