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HSK
underground railway; subway / subway train
HSK 2
high speed rail
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鐵* | 鐵* | *鐵
iron (metal) / arms / weapons / hard / strong / violent / unshakeable / determined / close / tight (slang)
HSK 3
sago palm (Cycas revoluta)
Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway, completed in 2010 / abbr. for 京滬高速鐵路|京沪高速铁路
magnet
steel
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鐵* | 鐵* | *鐵
surname Tie
ferrous
a permanent magnet
(slang) very close friend; bro
electric iron / electric soldering iron
latte (loanword)
rust-resistant iron (an informal term for certain nickel-free stainless steels, usually of lower quality and less corrosion-resistant than true stainless steel such as 304 or 316)
wrought iron
(coll.) to pump iron / to work out
(Hong Kong) MTR (Mass Transit Railway)
to strike while the iron is hot
rapid transit system / urban railway
scrap iron
to forge ironware
triangle (musical instrument) / angle iron
lit. not an inch of steel (idiom); unarmed and defenseless
(coll.) to pump iron
horseshoe
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
Li Tie (1977-), footballer
triathlon (Tw) / (athletics) throwing events excluding the hammer throw (i.e. discus, javelin and shot put)
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)
pig iron
pig iron / foundry iron
(slang) stubborn; headstrong
Baowu, the world's largest steel maker, resulting from the merger of Baosteel 寶鋼集團|宝钢集团 and Wuhan Iron and Steel 武漢鋼鐵|武汉钢铁 in 2016
ferric chloride FeCl3
lit. to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom) / fig. resolute and decisive; unhesitating; categorical
ferrous sulfate
scrap metal / a pile of junk
angle iron
to be willing to sacrifice everything one has (idiom)
white iron
Shealtiel (son of Jeconiah)
flatiron / iron / branding iron / soldering iron
galvanized iron
cast iron
wrought iron
to transform gold into base metal (idiom); fig. to edit sb else's beautiful prose and ruin it
(Tw) (loanword) motel
smelting iron
tinplate / tin (tin-coated steel)
Hong Kong LRT (Light Rail Transit) (abbr. for 輕便鐵路|轻便铁路)
electromagnet


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