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HSK
underground railway; subway / subway train
HSK 2
subway station
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *铁* | 铁* | *铁
iron (metal) / arms / weapons / hard / strong / violent / unshakeable / determined / close / tight (slang)
HSK 3
railroad / railway / CL: 條|条
HSK 3
high speed rail
HSK 4
scrap metal / a pile of junk
wrought iron
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *铁* | 铁* | *铁
surname Tie
clever and eloquent speaker (idiom)
metal pot
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)
Qinghai-Tibet railway
railway line
(slang) hardcore fan (abbr. for 鐵桿粉絲|铁杆粉丝)
steel staff / steel stick
lit. to wear out one's iron shoes (idiom) / fig. to search high and low
iron foundry
(bird species of China) Lapland longspur (Calcarius lapponicus)
pig iron / foundry iron
Tekken (video game)
iron fist
Shanghai-Nanjing Railway, a.k.a. Huning Railway
invincible army
Tiexi district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin / Tiexi district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning
iron (golf club)
iron rod / zealous / die-hard
Shealtiel (son of Jeconiah)
hematite (red iron ore) / ferric oxide Fe2O3
steel
the five metals: gold, silver, copper, iron, tin
latte (loanword)
Waterloo Station (London)
Beijing-Harbin railway
(loanword) genus Tillandsia; air plants (more commonly known as 空氣鳳梨|空气凤梨)
iron panel / hot iron plate for fast grilling (Japanese: teppan)
mail plating / armor / armor plating
Guangdong and Kowloon railway
armored ship
Citroën (French car manufacturer)
China Mobile Tietong, state-owned telecommunications operator (abbr. for 中移鐵通|中移铁通)
(Cantonese) iron pipe (weapon)
flatiron / iron / branding iron / soldering iron
iron and stone
pig iron
to forge ironware
Waterloo (Belgium) / Battle of Waterloo (1815) / (fig.) a defeat
hardware / ironware
iron fist (of the state)
iron and blood; (fig.) weapons and war; bloody conflict / (of a person) iron-willed and ready to die
kung fu balls
angle iron
armored horse / cavalry / metal chimes hanging from eaves / steel barricade / (Tw) bike
iron chain
iron cooking pot
rust
armored horses / crack horsemen
lit. not an inch of steel (idiom); unarmed and defenseless
rapid transit system / urban railway
galvanized iron sheet (for building construction)
iron tower
spade / shovel
unalterable / certainly / definitely
Tieguanyin tea (a variety of oolong tea)
scrap iron
cheapskate / stingy person
magnet
Tiexi district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin / Tiexi district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning
very powerful army
(military) caltrop
tinplate / tin (tin-coated steel)
smelting iron
window with an iron grating (apartment etc) / barred window of a prison cell
rail / railroad track / CL:
to be willing to sacrifice everything one has (idiom)
iron wire / CL: / subway enthusiast (abbr. for 地鐵粉絲|地铁粉丝) / railway enthusiast (abbr. for 鐵路粉絲|铁路粉丝)
Union Pacific Railroad
molten iron
iron club / steel rod
copper wall, iron bastion (idiom); impenetrable defense
Tsuga chinensis
an iron ring
to strike while the iron is hot
ferrous
ironclad evidence / conclusive proof
iron hoof (of the oppressor)
anvil
sago palm (Cycas revoluta)
lit. to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom) / fig. resolute and decisive; unhesitating; categorical
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
railway line / rail track
Tiefeng district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔, Heilongjiang
Tiedong district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin
galvanized iron
a magnet / same as 磁鐵|磁铁
sago palm (Cycas revoluta)
ashen

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