tie3
surname Tie

tie3
iron (metal); arms; weapons; hard; strong; violent; unshakeable; determined; close; tight (slang)

strokes 10
radical
strokes after radical 5
埃菲尔铁塔 埃菲爾鐵塔 ai1 fei1 er3 tie3 ta3
Eiffel Tower

艾菲尔铁塔 艾菲爾鐵塔 ai4 fei1 er3 tie3 ta3
Eiffel Tower

巴铁 巴鐵 ba1 tie3
Transit Elevated Bus (TEB); (coll.) Pakistani brethren; Pakistani comrades; abbr. for 巴基斯坦鐵哥們|巴基斯坦铁哥们

白口铁 白口鐵 bai2 kou3 tie3
white iron

白铁 白鐵 bai2 tie3
galvanized iron

宝成铁路 寶成鐵路 bao3 cheng2 tie3 lu4
Baoji-Chengdu Railway

不锈铁 不鏽鐵 bu4 xiu4 tie3
stainless iron

趁热打铁 趁熱打鐵 chen4 re4 da3 tie3
to strike while the iron is hot

城铁 城鐵 cheng2 tie3
rapid transit system; urban railway

赤铁矿 赤鐵礦 chi4 tie3 kuang4
hematite (red iron ore); ferric oxide Fe2O3

磁铁 磁鐵 ci2 tie3
magnet

磁铁矿 磁鐵礦 ci2 tie3 kuang4
magnetite Fe3O4

搭轻铁 搭輕鐵 da1 qing1 tie3
Hong Kong LRT

搭铁 搭鐵 da1 tie3
abbr. for 搭鐵接線|搭铁接线; chassis grounding (i.e. using the chassis as ground, to serve as a return path for current in an electric circuit)

打铁 打鐵 da3 tie3
to forge ironware

地铁 地鐵 di4 tie3
subway; metro

地铁站 地鐵站 di4 tie3 zhan4
subway station

地下铁路 地下鐵路 di4 xia4 tie3 lu4
subway

点金成铁 點金成鐵 dian3 jin1 cheng2 tie3
to transform gold into base metal (idiom); fig. to edit sb else's beautiful prose and ruin it

点铁成金 點鐵成金 dian3 tie3 cheng2 jin1
to touch base matter and turn it to gold (idiom); fig. to turn crude writing into a literary gem

电磁铁 電磁鐵 dian4 ci2 tie3
electromagnet

电烙铁 電烙鐵 dian4 lao4 tie5
electric iron; electric soldering iron

锻铁 鍛鐵 duan4 tie3
wrought iron

废铁 廢鐵 fei4 tie3
scrap iron

废铜烂铁 廢銅爛鐵 fei4 tong2 lan4 tie3
scrap metal; a pile of junk

富铁土 富鐵土 fu4 tie3 tu3
Ferrosols (Chinese Soil Taxonomy)

钢铁 鋼鐵 gang1 tie3
steel

钢铁厂 鋼鐵廠 gang1 tie3 chang3
iron and steel works; steelworks

钢铁工业 鋼鐵工業 gang1 tie3 gong1 ye4
steel industry

钢铁侠 鋼鐵俠 gang1 tie3 xia2
Iron Man, comic book superhero

钢铁学院 鋼鐵學院 gang1 tie3 xue2 yuan4
Beijing Steel and Iron Institute (the former name of 北京科技大學|北京科技大学, University of Science and Technology Beijing)

港铁 港鐵 gang3 tie3
(Hong Kong) MTR (Mass Transit Railway)

高铁 高鐵 gao1 tie3
high speed rail

高铁血红蛋白 高鐵血紅蛋白 gao1 tie3 xue4 hong2 dan4 bai2
hemoglobin

广九铁路 廣九鐵路 guang3 jiu3 tie3 lu4
Guangdong and Kowloon railway

恨铁不成钢 恨鐵不成鋼 hen4 tie3 bu4 cheng2 gang1
lit. to hate iron for not becoming steel; to feel resentful towards sb for failing to meet expectations and impatient to see improvement (idiom)

沪宁铁路 滬寧鐵路 hu4 ning2 tie3 lu4
Shanghai-Nanjing Railway, a.k.a. Huning Railway

滑铁卢 滑鐵盧 hua2 tie3 lu2
Waterloo (Belgium); Battle of Waterloo (1815); fig. a defeat; failure

滑铁卢火车站 滑鐵盧火車站 hua2 tie3 lu2 huo3 che1 zhan4
Waterloo station (London)

黄铁矿 黃鐵礦 huang2 tie3 kuang4
pyrite

加拿大太平洋铁路 加拿大太平洋鐵路 jia1 na2 da4 tai4 ping2 yang2 tie3 lu4
Canadian Pacific railway

胶济铁路 膠濟鐵路 jiao1 ji4 tie3 lu4
Jiaonan-Jinan railway

角铁 角鐵 jiao3 tie3
angle iron

金戈铁马 金戈鐵馬 jin1 ge1 tie3 ma3
very powerful army

金银铜铁锡 金銀銅鐵錫 jin1 yin2 tong2 tie3 xi1
the 5 metals: gold, silver, copper, iron and tin

京广铁路 京廣鐵路 jing1 guang3 tie3 lu4
Jing-Guang (Beijing-Guangzhou) Railway

京哈铁路 京哈鐵路 jing1 ha1 tie3 lu4
Beijing-Harbin railway

京沪高铁 京滬高鐵 jing1 hu4 gao1 tie3
Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway, completed in 2010; abbr. for 京滬高速鐵路|京沪高速铁路

京九铁路 京九鐵路 jing1 jiu3 tie3 lu4
JingJiu (Beijing-Kowloon) railway

兰新铁路 蘭新鐵路 lan2 xin1 tie3 lu4
Lanzhou-Xinjiang railway

烙铁 烙鐵 lao4 tie5
flatiron; iron; branding iron; soldering iron

李铁 李鐵 li3 tie3
Li Tie (1977-), footballer

李铁拐 李鐵拐 li3 tie3 guai3
Iron-Crutch Li, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙 in Chinese mythology, walking around with an iron crutch and carrying a gourd with special medicine

炼铁 煉鐵 lian4 tie3
smelting iron

炼铁厂 煉鐵廠 lian4 tie3 chang3
iron foundry

菱铁矿 菱鐵礦 ling2 tie3 kuang4
siderite

硫酸铁 硫酸鐵 liu2 suan1 tie3
ferrous sulfate

陇海铁路 隴海鐵路 long3 hai3 tie3 lu4
Jiangsu-Gansu railway

马口铁 馬口鐵 ma3 kou3 tie3
tinplate; tin (tin-coated steel)

马蹄铁 馬蹄鐵 ma3 ti2 tie3
horseshoe

磨穿铁砚 磨穿鐵硯 mo2 chuan1 tie3 yan4
to grind one's way through an ink stone; to persevere in a difficult task (idiom); to study diligently (idiom)

拿铁 拿鐵 na2 tie3
latte (loanword)

拿铁咖啡 拿鐵咖啡 na2 tie3 ka1 fei1
latte (coffee); café latte

青藏铁路 青藏鐵路 qing1 zang4 tie3 lu4
Qinghai-Tibet railway

青藏铁路线 青藏鐵路線 qing1 zang4 tie3 lu4 xian4
Qinghai-Tibet railway

人是铁饭是钢 人是鐵飯是鋼 ren2 shi4 tie3 fan4 shi4 gang1
one can't function properly on an empty stomach (idiom); an empty sack cannot stand upright

撒拉铁 撒拉鐵 sa3 la1 tie3
Shealtiel (son of Jeconiah)

三角铁 三角鐵 san1 jiao3 tie3
triangle (musical instrument); angle iron

三氯化铁 三氯化鐵 san1 lv4 hua4 tie3
ferric chloride FeCl3

生铁 生鐵 sheng1 tie3
pig iron

手无寸铁 手無寸鐵 shou3 wu2 cun4 tie3
lit. not an inch of steel (idiom); unarmed and defenseless

熟铁 熟鐵 shu2 tie3
wrought iron

苏铁 蘇鐵 su1 tie3
sago palm (Cycas revoluta)

踏破铁鞋无觅处,得来全不费工夫 踏破鐵鞋無覓處,得來全不費工夫 ta4 po4 tie3 xie2 wu2 mi4 chu4 - de2 lai2 quan2 bu4 fei4 gong1 fu5
to travel far and wide looking for sth, only to find it easily

太平洋联合铁路 太平洋聯合鐵路 tai4 ping2 yang2 lian2 he2 tie3 lu4
Union Pacific Railroad

钛铁矿 鈦鐵礦 tai4 tie3 kuang4
ilmenite FeTiO3; titanium ore

铁板 鐵板 tie3 ban3
iron panel; hot iron plate for fast grilling (Japanese: teppan)

铁板牛柳 鐵板牛柳 tie3 ban3 niu2 liu3
fillet beef teppanyaki (fast grilled on hot iron plate)

铁板牛肉 鐵板牛肉 tie3 ban3 niu2 rou4
beef grilled on a hot iron plate

铁板茄子 鐵板茄子 tie3 ban3 qie2 zi5
iron pan eggplant (typical Northern-Chinese dish)

铁板烧 鐵板燒 tie3 ban3 shao1
teppanyaki

铁棒 鐵棒 tie3 bang4
iron club; steel rod

铁饼 鐵餅 tie3 bing3
throwing the discus (athletics event)

铁齿 鐵齒 tie3 chi3
obstinate; argumentative; opinionated; skeptical of superstitions (Tw)(Minnan thih-khí)

铁齿铜牙 鐵齒銅牙 tie3 chi3 tong2 ya2
clever and eloquent speaker (idiom)

铁杵成针 鐵杵成針 tie3 chu3 cheng2 zhen1
see 磨杵成針|磨杵成针

铁窗 鐵窗 tie3 chuang1
window with an iron grating (apartment etc); barred window of a prison cell

铁窗生活 鐵窗生活 tie3 chuang1 sheng1 huo2
time served in prison; prison life

铁达尼号 鐵達尼號 tie3 da2 ni2 hao4
RMS Titanic, British passenger liner that sank in 1912 (Taiwan); PRC equivalent: 泰坦尼克號|泰坦尼克号

铁打 鐵打 tie3 da3
made of iron; strong as iron

铁打的衙门,流水的官 鐵打的衙門,流水的官 tie3 da3 de5 ya2 men5 - liu2 shui3 de5 guan1
lit. the yamen is strong as iron, the officials flow like water (idiom); fig. government officials come and go

铁蛋子 鐵蛋子 tie3 dan4 zi5
see 鐵球|铁球

铁道 鐵道 tie3 dao4
railway line; rail track

铁道部 鐵道部 tie3 dao4 bu4
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

铁定 鐵定 tie3 ding4
unalterable; certainly; definitely

铁东 鐵東 tie3 dong1
Tiedong district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin

铁东区 鐵東區 tie3 dong1 qu1
Tiedong district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin; Tiedong district of Anshan city 鞍山市, Liaoning

铁尔梅兹 鐵爾梅茲 tie3 er3 mei2 zi1
Termez city in southeast Uzbekistan

铁法 鐵法 tie3 fa3
Tiefa city and former county, now Tieling county level city 鐵嶺市|铁岭市, Liaoning

铁法市 鐵法市 tie3 fa3 shi4
Tiefa city, now Tieling county level city 鐵嶺市|铁岭市, Liaoning

铁饭碗 鐵飯碗 tie3 fan4 wan3
secure employment (lit. iron rice bowl)

铁峰 鐵峰 tie3 feng1
Tiefeng district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔, Heilongjiang

铁峰区 鐵峰區 tie3 feng1 qu1
Tiefeng district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔, Heilongjiang

铁氟龙 鐵氟龍 tie3 fu2 long2
Teflon (Tw)

铁杆 鐵桿 tie3 gan1
iron (golf club)

铁杆 鐵桿 tie3 gan3
iron rod; zealous; die-hard

铁杆粉丝 鐵桿粉絲 tie3 gan3 fen3 si1
die-hard fan

铁哥们 鐵哥們 tie3 ge1 men5
(coll.) very close male friends

铁哥们儿 鐵哥們兒 tie3 ge1 men5 er5
erhua variant of 鐵哥們|铁哥们

铁格子 鐵格子 tie3 ge2 zi5
iron lattice; metal grid

铁公鸡 鐵公雞 tie3 gong1 ji1
cheapskate; stingy person

铁钩 鐵鈎 tie3 gou1
iron hook

铁钩儿 鐵鈎兒 tie3 gou1 er5
erhua variant of 鐵鈎|铁钩

铁箍 鐵箍 tie3 gu1
iron hoop

铁拐李 鐵拐李 tie3 guai3 li3
see 李鐵拐|李铁拐

铁观音 鐵觀音 tie3 guan1 yin1
Tieguanyin tea (a variety of oolong tea)

铁罐 鐵罐 tie3 guan4
metal pot

铁轨 鐵軌 tie3 gui3
rail; railroad track

铁锅 鐵鍋 tie3 guo1
iron cooking pot

铁环 鐵環 tie3 huan2
an iron ring

铁甲 鐵甲 tie3 jia3
mail plating; armor; armor plating

铁甲车 鐵甲車 tie3 jia3 che1
armored car

铁甲船 鐵甲船 tie3 jia3 chuan2
armored ship

铁甲舰 鐵甲艦 tie3 jia3 jian4
ironclad; an armor-plated battleship

铁将军把门 鐵將軍把門 tie3 jiang1 jun1 ba3 men2
lit. General Iron is guarding the door (idiom); fig. the door is padlocked — nobody inside

铁匠 鐵匠 tie3 jiang5
blacksmith; ironworker

铁军 鐵軍 tie3 jun1
invincible army

铁矿 鐵礦 tie3 kuang4
iron ore; iron ore mine

铁矿石 鐵礦石 tie3 kuang4 shi2
iron ore

铁栏 鐵欄 tie3 lan2
metal grille; railing; bars

铁了心 鐵了心 tie3 le5 xin1
determined; unshakable

铁力 鐵力 tie3 li4
Tieli city in Yichun 伊春市, Heilongjiang

铁力木 鐵力木 tie3 li4 mu4
ironwood (Mesua ferrea)

铁力市 鐵力市 tie3 li4 shi4
Tieli city in Yichun 伊春市, Heilongjiang

铁链 鐵鏈 tie3 lian4
iron chain

铁岭 鐵嶺 tie3 ling3
Tieling prefecture level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 in northeast China; also Tieling county

铁岭地区 鐵嶺地區 tie3 ling3 di4 qu1
Tieling prefecture and county in Liaoning

铁岭市 鐵嶺市 tie3 ling3 shi4
Tieling prefecture level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 in northeast China

铁岭县 鐵嶺縣 tie3 ling3 xian4
Tieling county in Tieling 鐵嶺|铁岭, Liaoning

铁路 鐵路 tie3 lu4
railroad; railway

铁路线 鐵路線 tie3 lu4 xian4
railway line

铁铝土 鐵鋁土 tie3 lv3 tu3
Ferralosols (Chinese Soil Taxonomy)

铁马 鐵馬 tie3 ma3
armored horse; cavalry; metal chimes hanging from eaves; steel barricade; (Tw) bike

铁镁质 鐵鎂質 tie3 mei3 zhi4
mafic rock (containing magnesium and iron, so comparatively heavy, making oceanic plates)

铁面 鐵面 tie3 mian4
iron mask (as defensive armor); fig. upright and selfless person

铁面无私 鐵面無私 tie3 mian4 wu2 si1
strictly impartial and incorruptible (idiom)

铁幕 鐵幕 tie3 mu4
Iron Curtain (1945-1991) (in Taiwan, 鐵幕 was used to refer to both the Iron Curtain and the Bamboo Curtain)

铁木真 鐵木真 tie3 mu4 zhen1
Temujin, birth name of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗

铁皮 鐵皮 tie3 pi2
galvanized iron sheet (for building construction)

铁骑 鐵騎 tie3 qi2
armored horses; crack horsemen

铁器 鐵器 tie3 qi4
hardware; ironware

铁锹 鐵鍬 tie3 qiao1
spade; shovel

铁琴 鐵琴 tie3 qin2
metallophone

铁青 鐵青 tie3 qing1
ashen

铁球 鐵球 tie3 qiu2
kung fu balls

铁拳 鐵拳 tie3 quan2
Tekken (video game)

铁人 鐵人 tie3 ren2
Ironman

铁砂 鐵砂 tie3 sha1
shot (in shotgun); pellets

铁山 鐵山 tie3 shan1
Tieshan district of Huangshi city 黃石市|黄石市, Hubei

铁杉 鐵杉 tie3 shan1
Tsuga chinensis

铁山港区 鐵山港區 tie3 shan1 gang3 qu1
Tieshangang district of Beihai city 北海市, Guangxi

铁山区 鐵山區 tie3 shan1 qu1
Tieshan district of Huangshi city 黃石市|黄石市, Hubei

铁石 鐵石 tie3 shi2
iron and stone

铁石心肠 鐵石心腸 tie3 shi2 xin1 chang2
to have a heart of stone; hard-hearted; unfeeling

铁树 鐵樹 tie3 shu4
sago palm (Cycas revoluta)

铁树开花 鐵樹開花 tie3 shu4 kai1 hua1
lit. the iron tree blooms (idiom); a highly improbable or extremely rare occurrence

铁水 鐵水 tie3 shui3
molten iron

铁丝 鐵絲 tie3 si1
iron wire

铁丝网 鐵絲網 tie3 si1 wang3
wire netting

铁塔 鐵塔 tie3 ta3
iron tower

铁蹄 鐵蹄 tie3 ti2
iron hoof (of the oppressor)

铁托 鐵托 tie3 tuo1
Marshal Josip Broz Tito (1892-1980), Yugoslav military and communist political leader, President of Yugoslavia 1945-1980

铁腕 鐵腕 tie3 wan4
iron fist (of the state)

铁西 鐵西 tie3 xi1
Tiexi district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin; Tiexi district of Shenyang city 沈陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning

铁西区 鐵西區 tie3 xi1 qu1
Tiexi district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin; Tiexi district of Shenyang city 沈陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning

铁锨 鐵鍁 tie3 xian1
iron shovel; spade

铁箱 鐵箱 tie3 xiang1
metal trunk; metal box; a safe

铁锈 鐵鏽 tie3 xiu4
rust

铁血宰相 鐵血宰相 tie3 xue4 zai3 xiang4
Iron Chancellor, refers to Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898), Prussian politician, Minister-President of Prussia 1862-1873, Chancellor of Germany 1871-1890

铁杖 鐵杖 tie3 zhang4
steel staff; stell stick

铁爪鹀 鐵爪鵐 tie3 zhao3 wu2
(bird species of China) Lapland longspur (Calcarius lapponicus)

铁砧 鐵砧 tie3 zhen1
anvil

铁证 鐵證 tie3 zheng4
ironclad evidence; conclusive proof

铁证如山 鐵證如山 tie3 zheng4 ru2 shan1
irrefutable evidence

铁嘴沙鸻 鐵嘴沙鴴 tie3 zui3 sha1 heng2
(bird species of China) greater sand plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)

铜墙铁壁 銅牆鐵壁 tong2 qiang2 tie3 bi4
copper wall, iron bastion (idiom); impenetrable defense

网络铁路 網絡鐵路 wang3 luo4 tie3 lu4
Network Rail (UK railway organization)

武汉钢铁公司 武漢鋼鐵公司 wu3 han4 gang1 tie3 gong1 si1
Wuhan Iron and Steel

吸铁石 吸鐵石 xi1 tie3 shi2
a magnet; same as 磁鐵|磁铁

铣铁 銑鐵 xian3 tie3
cast iron

锈铁 鏽鐵 xiu4 tie3
rusty iron

雪铁龙 雪鐵龍 xue3 tie3 long2
Citroën (French car manufacturer)

亚铁 亞鐵 ya4 tie3
ferrous

洋铁箔 洋鐵箔 yang2 tie3 bo2
tinfoil

永久磁铁 永久磁鐵 yong3 jiu3 ci2 tie3
a permanent magnet

粤汉铁路 粵漢鐵路 yue4 han4 tie3 lu4
Canton-Hankou Railway, linking Guangzhou and Wuchang, incorporated since 1957 into the Jing-Guang Railway 京廣鐵路|京广铁路

砸锅卖铁 砸鍋賣鐵 za2 guo1 mai4 tie3
to be willing to sacrifice everything one has (idiom)

斩钉截铁 斬釘截鐵 zhan3 ding1 jie2 tie3
lit. to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom); fig. resolute and decisive; unhesitating; categorical

铮铮铁汉 錚錚鐵漢 zheng1 zheng1 tie3 han4
a strong and determined man (idiom)

只要功夫深,铁杵磨成针 只要功夫深,鐵杵磨成針 zhi3 yao4 gong1 fu5 shen1 - tie3 chu3 mo2 cheng2 zhen1
If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.; cf idiom 磨杵成針|磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task; to study diligently

铸铁 鑄鐵 zhu4 tie3
pig iron; foundry iron