| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 铁 | 鐵 | Tiě | - surname Tie |
| 铁 | 鐵 | tiě | - iron (metal) - arms - weapons - hard - strong - violent - unshakeable - determined - close - tight (slang) |
| 亚铁 | 亞鐵 | yàtiě | - ferrous |
| 地铁 | 地鐵 | dìtiě | - subway - metro |
| 城铁 | 城鐵 | chéngtiě | - rapid transit system - urban railway |
| 巴铁 | 巴鐵 | Bātiě | - (coll.) Pakistani brethren - Pakistani comrades - abbr. for 巴基斯坦鐵哥們|巴基斯坦铁哥们[Ba1 ji1 si1 tan3 tie3 ge1 men5] |
| 废铁 | 廢鐵 | fèitiě | - scrap iron |
| 打铁 | 打鐵 | dǎtiě | - to forge ironware |
| 拿铁 | 拿鐵 | nátiě | - latte (loanword) |
| 李铁 | 李鐵 | LǐTiě | - Li Tie (1977-), footballer |
| 港铁 | 港鐵 | Gǎngtiě | - (Hong Kong) MTR (Mass Transit Railway) |
| 烙铁 | 烙鐵 | làotie | - flatiron - iron - branding iron - soldering iron |
| 炼铁 | 煉鐵 | liàntiě | - smelting iron |
| 熟铁 | 熟鐵 | shútiě | - wrought iron |
| 生铁 | 生鐵 | shēngtiě | - pig iron |
| 白铁 | 白鐵 | báitiě | - galvanized iron |
| 磁铁 | 磁鐵 | cítiě | - magnet |
| 苏铁 | 蘇鐵 | sūtiě | - Cycas revoluta |
| 角铁 | 角鐵 | jiǎotiě | - angle iron |
| 铣铁 | 銑鐵 | xiǎntiě | - cast iron |
| 钢铁 | 鋼鐵 | gāngtiě | - steel |
| 锻铁 | 鍛鐵 | duàntiě | - wrought iron |
| 锈铁 | 鏽鐵 | xiùtiě | - rusty iron |
| 铁人 | 鐵人 | Tiěrén | - Ironman |
| 铁力 | 鐵力 | Tiělì | - Tieli city in Yichun 伊春市[Yi1 chun1 shi4], Heilongjiang |
| 铁匠 | 鐵匠 | tiějiang | - blacksmith - ironworker |
| 铁器 | 鐵器 | tiěqì | - hardware - ironware |
| 铁塔 | 鐵塔 | tiětǎ | - iron tower |
| 铁定 | 鐵定 | tiědìng | - unalterable - certainly - definitely |
| 铁山 | 鐵山 | Tiěshān | - Tieshan district of Huangshi city 黃石市|黄石市[Huang2 shi2 shi4], Hubei |
| 铁峰 | 鐵峰 | Tiěfēng | - Tiefeng district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3], Heilongjiang |
| 铁岭 | 鐵嶺 | Tiělǐng | - Tieling prefecture level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 in northeast China - also Tieling county |
| 铁幕 | 鐵幕 | tiěmù | - iron curtain |
| 铁打 | 鐵打 | tiědǎ | - made of iron - strong as iron |
| 铁托 | 鐵托 | Tiětuō | - Marshal Josip Broz Tito (1892-1980), Yugoslav military and communist political leader, President of Yugoslavia 1945-1980 |
| 铁拳 | 鐵拳 | Tiěquán | - Tekken (video game) |
| 铁杉 | 鐵杉 | tiěshān | - Tsuga chinensis |
| 铁杖 | 鐵杖 | tiězhàng | - steel staff - stell stick |
| 铁东 | 鐵東 | Tiědōng | - Tiedong district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin |
| 铁板 | 鐵板 | tiěbǎn | - iron panel - hot iron plate for fast grilling (Japanese: teppan) |
| 铁杆 | 鐵桿 | tiěgān | - iron (golf club) |
| 铁杆 | 鐵桿 | tiěgǎn | - iron rod - zealous - die-hard |
| 铁棒 | 鐵棒 | tiěbàng | - iron club - steel rod |
| 铁栏 | 鐵欄 | tiělán | - metal grille - railing - bars |
| 铁水 | 鐵水 | tiěshuǐ | - molten iron |
| 铁法 | 鐵法 | Tiěfǎ | - Tiefa city and former county, now Tieling county level city 鐵嶺市|铁岭市[Tie3 ling3 shi4], Liaoning |
| 铁球 | 鐵球 | tiěqiú | - kung fu balls |
| 铁环 | 鐵環 | tiěhuán | - an iron ring |
| 铁甲 | 鐵甲 | tiějiǎ | - mail plating - armor - armor plating |
| 铁皮 | 鐵皮 | tiěpí | - galvanized iron sheet (for building construction) |
| 铁石 | 鐵石 | tiěshí | - iron and stone |
| 铁砂 | 鐵砂 | tiěshā | - shot (in shotgun) - pellets |
| 铁砧 | 鐵砧 | tiězhēn | - anvil |
| 铁矿 | 鐵礦 | tiěkuàng | - iron ore - iron ore mine |
| 铁窗 | 鐵窗 | tiěchuāng | - window with an iron grating (apartment etc) - barred window of a prison cell |
| 铁箍 | 鐵箍 | tiěgū | - iron hoop |
| 铁箱 | 鐵箱 | tiěxiāng | - metal trunk - metal box - a safe |
| 铁丝 | 鐵絲 | tiěsī | - iron wire - CL:根[gen1] |
| 铁罐 | 鐵罐 | tiěguàn | - metal pot |
| 铁腕 | 鐵腕 | tiěwàn | - iron fist (of the state) |
| 铁西 | 鐵西 | Tiěxī | - Tiexi district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin - Tiexi district of Shenyang city 沈陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning |
| 铁证 | 鐵證 | tiězhèng | - ironclad evidence - conclusive proof |
| 铁路 | 鐵路 | tiělù | - railroad - railway - CL:條|条[tiao2] |
| 铁蹄 | 鐵蹄 | tiětí | - iron hoof (of the oppressor) |
| 铁轨 | 鐵軌 | tiěguǐ | - rail - railroad track - CL:根[gen1] |
| 铁军 | 鐵軍 | tiějūn | - invincible army |
| 铁道 | 鐵道 | tiědào | - railway line - rail track |
| 铁钩 | 鐵鈎 | tiěgōu | - iron hook |
| 铁锨 | 鐵鍁 | tiěxiān | - iron shovel - spade - CL:把[ba3] |
| 铁锅 | 鐵鍋 | tiěguō | - iron cooking pot |
| 铁锹 | 鐵鍬 | tiěqiāo | - spade - shovel |
| 铁链 | 鐵鏈 | tiěliàn | - iron chain |
| 铁锈 | 鐵鏽 | tiěxiù | - rust |
| 铁青 | 鐵青 | tiěqīng | - ashen |
| 铁面 | 鐵面 | tiěmiàn | - iron mask (as defensive armor) - fig. upright and selfless person |
| 铁饼 | 鐵餅 | tiěbǐng | - throwing the discus (athletics event) |
| 铁马 | 鐵馬 | tiěmǎ | - armored horse - cavalry - metal chimes hanging from eaves - steel barricade - (Tw) bike |
| 铁骑 | 鐵騎 | tiěqí | - armored horses - crack horsemen |
| 铸铁 | 鑄鐵 | zhùtiě | - pig iron - foundry iron |
| 高铁 | 高鐵 | gāotiě | - highspeed rail |
| 不锈铁 | 不鏽鐵 | bùxiùtiě | - stainless iron |
| 吸铁石 | 吸鐵石 | xītiěshí | - a magnet - same as 磁鐵|磁铁 |
| 地铁站 | 地鐵站 | dìtiězhàn | - subway station |
| 富铁土 | 富鐵土 | Fùtiětǔ | - Ferrosols (Chinese Soil Taxonomy) |
| 搭轻铁 | 搭輕鐵 | dāqīngtiě | - Hong Kong LRT |
| 撒拉铁 | 撒拉鐵 | Sǎlātiě | - Shealtiel (son of Jeconiah) |
| 李铁拐 | 李鐵拐 | LǐTiěguǎi | - Iron-Crutch Li, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙[Ba1 xian1] in Chinese mythology, walking around with an iron crutch and carrying a gourd with special medicine |
| 洋铁箔 | 洋鐵箔 | yángtiěbó | - tinfoil - CL:張|张[zhang1] |
| 滑铁卢 | 滑鐵盧 | Huátiělú | - Waterloo (Belgium) - Battle of Waterloo (1815) - fig. a defeat - failure |
| 炼铁厂 | 煉鐵廠 | liàntiěchǎng | - iron foundry |
| 白口铁 | 白口鐵 | báikǒutiě | - white iron |
| 硫酸铁 | 硫酸鐵 | liúsuāntiě | - ferrous sulfate |
| 磁铁矿 | 磁鐵礦 | cítiěkuàng | - magnetite Fe3O4 |
| 菱铁矿 | 菱鐵礦 | língtiěkuàng | - siderite |
| 赤铁矿 | 赤鐵礦 | chìtiěkuàng | - hematite (red iron ore) - ferric oxide Fe2O3 |
| 钛铁矿 | 鈦鐵礦 | tàitiěkuàng | - ilmenite FeTiO3 - titanium ore |
| 钢铁侠 | 鋼鐵俠 | Gāngtiěxiá | - Iron Man, comic book superhero |
| 钢铁厂 | 鋼鐵廠 | gāngtiěchǎng | - iron and steel works - steelworks |
| 铁了心 | 鐵了心 | tiělexīn | - determined - unshakable |
| 铁公鸡 | 鐵公雞 | tiěgōngjī | - cheapskate - stingy person |
| 铁力市 | 鐵力市 | Tiělìshì | - Tieli city in Yichun 伊春市[Yi1 chun1 shi4], Heilongjiang |
| 铁力木 | 鐵力木 | tiělìmù | - ironwood (Mesua ferrea) |
| 铁哥们 | 鐵哥們 | tiěgēmen | - (coll.) very close male friends |
| 铁山区 | 鐵山區 | Tiěshānqū | - Tieshan district of Huangshi city 黃石市|黄石市[Huang2 shi2 shi4], Hubei |
| 铁峰区 | 鐵峰區 | Tiěfēngqū | - Tiefeng district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3], Heilongjiang |
| 铁岭市 | 鐵嶺市 | Tiělǐngshì | - Tieling prefecture level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 in northeast China |
| 铁岭县 | 鐵嶺縣 | Tiělǐngxiàn | - Tieling county in Tieling 鐵嶺|铁岭, Liaoning |
| 铁拐李 | 鐵拐李 | TiěguǎiLǐ | - see 李鐵拐|李铁拐[Li3 Tie3 guai3] |
| 铁木真 | 鐵木真 | Tiěmùzhēn | - Temujin, birth name of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗[Cheng2 ji2 si1 han2] |
| 铁东区 | 鐵東區 | Tiědōngqū | - Tiedong district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin - Tiedong district of Anshan city 鞍山市[An1 shan1 shi4], Liaoning |
| 铁板烧 | 鐵板燒 | tiěbǎnshāo | - teppanyaki |
| 铁格子 | 鐵格子 | tiěgézi | - iron lattice - metal grid |
| 铁法市 | 鐵法市 | Tiěfǎshì | - Tiefa city, now Tieling county level city 鐵嶺市|铁岭市[Tie3 ling3 shi4], Liaoning |
| 铁爪鹀 | 鐵爪鵐 | tiězhǎowú | - (Chinese bird species) Lapland longspur (Calcarius lapponicus) |
| 铁甲船 | 鐵甲船 | tiějiǎchuán | - armored ship |
| 铁甲舰 | 鐵甲艦 | tiějiǎjiàn | - ironclad - an armor-plated battleship |
| 铁甲车 | 鐵甲車 | tiějiǎchē | - armored car |
| 铁矿石 | 鐵礦石 | tiěkuàngshí | - iron ore |
| 铁丝网 | 鐵絲網 | tiěsīwǎng | - wire netting - CL:道[dao4] |
| 铁蛋子 | 鐵蛋子 | tiědànzi | - see 鐵球|铁球[tie3 qiu2] |
| 铁西区 | 鐵西區 | Tiěxīqū | - Tiexi district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin - Tiexi district of Shenyang city 沈陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning |
| 铁观音 | 鐵觀音 | Tiěguānyīn | - Tieguanyin tea |
| 铁路线 | 鐵路線 | tiělùxiàn | - railway line |
| 铁道部 | 鐵道部 | Tiědàobù | - 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[Jiao1 tong1 Yun4 shu1 bu4] |
| 铁钩儿 | 鐵鈎兒 | tiěgōur | - erhua variant of 鐵鈎|铁钩[tie3 gou1] |
| 铁铝土 | 鐵鋁土 | Tiělǚtǔ | - Ferralosols (Chinese Soil Taxonomy) |
| 铁镁质 | 鐵鎂質 | tiěměizhì | - mafic rock (containing magnesium and iron, so comparatively heavy, making oceanic plates) |
| 铁饭碗 | 鐵飯碗 | tiěfànwǎn | - secure employment (lit. iron rice bowl) |
| 雪铁龙 | 雪鐵龍 | Xuětiělóng | - Citroën (French car manufacturer) |
| 电烙铁 | 電烙鐵 | diànlàotie | - electric iron - electric soldering iron |
| 电磁铁 | 電磁鐵 | diàncítiě | - electromagnet |
| 马口铁 | 馬口鐵 | mǎkǒutiě | - tinplate - tin (tin-coated steel) |
| 马蹄铁 | 馬蹄鐵 | mǎtítiě | - horseshoe |
| 黄铁矿 | 黃鐵礦 | huángtiěkuàng | - pyrite |
| 三氯化铁 | 三氯化鐵 | sānlǜhuàtiě | - ferric chloride FeCl3 |
| 京九铁路 | 京九鐵路 | JīngJiǔTiělù | - JingJiu (Beijing-Kowloon) railway |
| 京哈铁路 | 京哈鐵路 | JīngHātiělù | - Beijing-Harbin railway |
| 京广铁路 | 京廣鐵路 | JīngGuǎngTiělù | - Jing-Guang (Beijing-Guangzhou) Railway |
| 京沪高铁 | 京滬高鐵 | JīngHùgāotiě | - Beijing and Shanghai express rail link (projected) - abbr. for 京滬高速鐵路|京沪高速铁路 |
| 地下铁路 | 地下鐵路 | dìxiàtiělù | - subway |
| 宝成铁路 | 寶成鐵路 | BǎoChéngtiělù | - Baoji-Chengdu Railway |
| 废铜烂铁 | 廢銅爛鐵 | fèitónglàntiě | - scrap metal - a pile of junk |
| 广九铁路 | 廣九鐵路 | GuǎngJiǔtiělù | - Guangdong and Kowloon railway |
| 手无寸铁 | 手無寸鐵 | shǒuwúcùntiě | - lit. not an inch of steel (idiom); unarmed and defenseless |
| 拿铁咖啡 | 拿鐵咖啡 | nátiěkāfēi | - latte (coffee) - café latte |
| 斩钉截铁 | 斬釘截鐵 | zhǎndīngjiétiě | - lit. to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom) - fig. resolute and decisive - unhesitating - categorical |
| 永久磁铁 | 永久磁鐵 | yǒngjiǔcítiě | - a permanent magnet |
| 沪宁铁路 | 滬寧鐵路 | HùNíngtiělù | - Shanghai and Nanjing railway |
| 砸锅卖铁 | 砸鍋賣鐵 | záguōmàitiě | - to be willing to sacrifice everything one has (idiom) |
| 磨穿铁砚 | 磨穿鐵硯 | móchuāntiěyàn | - to grind one's way through an ink stone - to persevere in a difficult task (idiom) - to study diligently (idiom) |
| 粤汉铁路 | 粵漢鐵路 | YuèHànTiělù | - Canton-Hankou Railway, linking Guangzhou and Wuchang, incorporated since 1957 into the Jing-Guang Railway 京廣鐵路|京广铁路[Jing1 Guang3 Tie3 lu4] |
| 网络铁路 | 網絡鐵路 | wǎngluòtiělù | - Network Rail (UK railway organization) |
| 胶济铁路 | 膠濟鐵路 | JiāoJìtiělù | - Jiaonan-Jinan railway |
| 兰新铁路 | 蘭新鐵路 | Lánxīntiělù | - Lanzhou-Xinjiang railway |
| 趁热打铁 | 趁熱打鐵 | chènrèdǎtiě | - to strike while the iron is hot |
| 金戈铁马 | 金戈鐵馬 | jīngētiěmǎ | - very powerful army |
| 铜墙铁壁 | 銅牆鐵壁 | tóngqiángtiěbì | - copper wall, iron bastion (idiom); impenetrable defense |
| 钢铁学院 | 鋼鐵學院 | GāngtiěXuéyuàn | - Beijing Steel and Iron Institute (the former name of 北京科技大學|北京科技大学[Bei3 jing1 Ke1 ji4 Da4 xue2], University of Science and Technology Beijing) |
| 钢铁工业 | 鋼鐵工業 | gāngtiěgōngyè | - steel industry |
| 铮铮铁汉 | 錚錚鐵漢 | zhēngzhēngtiěhàn | - a strong and determined man (idiom) |
| 铁哥们儿 | 鐵哥們兒 | tiěgēmenr | - erhua variant of 鐵哥們|铁哥们[tie3 ge1 men5] |
| 铁嘴沙鸻 | 鐵嘴沙鴴 | tiězuǐshāhéng | - (Chinese bird species) greater sand plover (Charadrius leschenaultii) |
| 铁山港区 | 鐵山港區 | Tiěshāngǎngqū | - Tieshangang district of Beihai city 北海市[Bei3 hai3 shi4], Guangxi |
| 铁岭地区 | 鐵嶺地區 | Tiělǐngdìqū | - Tieling prefecture and county in Liaoning |
| 铁板牛柳 | 鐵板牛柳 | tiěbǎnniúliǔ | - fillet beef teppanyaki (fast grilled on hot iron plate) |
| 铁板牛肉 | 鐵板牛肉 | tiěbǎnniúròu | - beef grilled on a hot iron plate |
| 铁板茄子 | 鐵板茄子 | tiěbǎnqiézi | - iron pan eggplant (typical Northern-Chinese dish) |
| 铁杆粉丝 | 鐵桿粉絲 | tiěgǎnfěnsī | - die-hard fan |
| 铁树开花 | 鐵樹開花 | tiěshùkāihuā | - lit. the iron tree blooms (idiom) - a highly improbable or extremely rare occurrence |
| 铁尔梅兹 | 鐵爾梅茲 | Tiěěrméizī | - Termez city in southeast Uzbekistan |
| 铁石心肠 | 鐵石心腸 | tiěshíxīncháng | - to have a heart of stone - hard-hearted - unfeeling |
| 铁窗生活 | 鐵窗生活 | tiěchuāngshēnghuó | - time served in prison - prison life |
| 铁血宰相 | 鐵血宰相 | Tiěxuèzǎixiàng | - Iron Chancellor, refers to Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898), Prussian politician, Minister-President of Prussia 1862-1873, Chancellor of Germany 1871-1890 |
| 铁证如山 | 鐵證如山 | tiězhèngrúshān | - irrefutable evidence |
| 铁达尼号 | 鐵達尼號 | TiědáníHào | - RMS Titanic, British passenger liner that sank in 1912 (Taiwan) - PRC equivalent: 泰坦尼克號|泰坦尼克号[Tai4 tan3 ni2 ke4 Hao4] |
| 铁面无私 | 鐵面無私 | tiěmiànwúsī | - strictly impartial and incorruptible (idiom) |
| 铁齿铜牙 | 鐵齒銅牙 | tiěchǐtóngyá | - clever and eloquent speaker (idiom) |
| 陇海铁路 | 隴海鐵路 | LǒngHǎitiělù | - Jiangsu-Gansu railway |
| 青藏铁路 | 青藏鐵路 | QīngZàngtiělù | - Qinghai-Tibet railway |
| 点金成铁 | 點金成鐵 | diǎnjīnchéngtiě | - 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 | diǎntiěchéngjīn | - to touch base matter and turn it to gold (idiom); fig. to turn crude writing into a literary gem |
| 埃菲尔铁塔 | 埃菲爾鐵塔 | ĀifēiěrTiětǎ | - Eiffel Tower |
| 恨铁不成钢 | 恨鐵不成鋼 | hèntiěbùchénggāng | - lit. to hate iron for not becoming steel - to feel resentful towards sb for failing to meet expectations and impatient to see improvement (idiom) |
| 艾菲尔铁塔 | 艾菲爾鐵塔 | ÀifēiěrTiětǎ | - Eiffel Tower |
| 金银铜铁锡 | 金銀銅鐵錫 | jīnyíntóngtiěxī | - the 5 metals: gold, silver, copper, iron and tin |
| 铁将军把门 | 鐵將軍把門 | tiějiāngjūnbǎmén | - lit. General Iron is guarding the door (idiom) - fig. the door is padlocked — nobody inside |
| 青藏铁路线 | 青藏鐵路線 | qīngzàngtiělùxiàn | - Qinghai-Tibet railway |
| 人是铁饭是钢 | 人是鐵飯是鋼 | rénshìtiěfànshìgāng | - one can't function properly on an empty stomach (idiom) - an empty sack cannot stand upright |
| 武汉钢铁公司 | 武漢鋼鐵公司 | WǔhànGāngtiěGōngsī | - Wuhan Iron and Steel |
| 滑铁卢火车站 | 滑鐵盧火車站 | Huátiělúhuǒchēzhàn | - Waterloo station (London) |
| 高铁血红蛋白 | 高鐵血紅蛋白 | gāotiěxuèhóngdànbái | - hemoglobin |
| 太平洋联合铁路 | 太平洋聯合鐵路 | TàipíngYángLiánhéTiělù | - Union Pacific Railroad |
| 加拿大太平洋铁路 | 加拿大太平洋鐵路 | JiānádàTàipíngyángtiělù | - Canadian Pacific railway |
| 只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针 | 只要功夫深，鐵杵磨成針 | zhǐyàogōngfushēn,tiěchǔmóchéngzhēn | - 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 |
| 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 | tàpòtiěxiéwúmìchù,déláiquánbùfèigōngfu | - to travel far and wide looking for sth, only to find it easily |
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