铁

tiě · tie/Tiě · tie

Traditional 鐵

Meaning

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tiě 鐵

  1. iron (metal)
  2. arms
  3. weapons
  4. hard
  5. strong
  6. violent
  7. unshakeable
  8. determined
  9. close
  10. tight (slang)

Tiě 鐵

  1. surname Tie

In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)们(men)的(de)栏(lán)杆(gān)是(shì)铁(tiě)做(zuò)的(de)。

Our fence is made of iron.

Tatoeba: Chinese by egg0073 · English by Source_VOA · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)块(kuài)铁(tiě)很(hěn)重(zhòng),一(yí)个(gè)人(rén)搬(bān)不(bu)动(dòng)。

This piece of iron is very heavy; one person can't move it.

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