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鐵

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Mandarin · pinyin tiě#

Mandarin · pinyin Tiě#

surname Tie

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鐵: Look up this written character
铁: tiě · iron; strong, solid, firm

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3 · tie3

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Cantonese word readings for 鐵. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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iron (Fe)
(only in compounds) short for 鐵路／铁路 (tiělù, “railway”)
arms; weapon (Classifier: 條／条 c; 嚿 c)
strong; solid; firm
ironclad; firm; unalterable
ruthless
(Cantonese, colloquial, always with the classifier) nothing; damn all; jack shit; bugger all (Classifier: 條／条 c)
a surname

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