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 tiě iron (metal) / arms / weapons / hard / strong / violent / unshakeable / determined / close / tight (slang)
Results beginning with 铁
 tiě lù railroad / railway / CL:條|条[tiao2]
 tiě dào railway line / rail track
 tiě qīng ashen
 tiě dìng unalterable / certainly / definitely
 tiě jiang blacksmith / ironworker
 tiě qí armored horses / crack horsemen
 tiě jiǎ mail plating / armor / armor plating
 tiě tǎ iron tower
 tiě pí galvanized iron sheet (for building construction)
 tiě gǎn iron rod / zealous / die-hard
 tiě gān iron (golf club)
 tiě kuàng iron ore / iron ore mine
 tiě bǎn iron panel / hot iron plate for fast grilling (Japanese: teppan)
 tiě sī iron wire / CL:根[gen1] / subway enthusiast (abbr. for 地鐵粉絲|地铁粉丝[di4 tie3 fen3 si1]) / railway enthusiast (abbr. for 鐵路粉絲|铁路粉丝[tie3 lu4 fen3 si1])
 tiě liàn iron chain
 Tiě quán Tekken (video game)
 Tiě rén Ironman
 tiě guǐ rail / railroad track / CL:根[gen1]
 tiě mǎ armored horse / cavalry / metal chimes hanging from eaves / steel barricade / (Tw) bike
 tiě dǎ made of iron / strong as iron
 tiě qì hardware / ironware
 tiě guō iron cooking pot
 tiě tí iron hoof (of the oppressor)
 tiě wàn iron fist (of the state)
 tiě qiāo spade / shovel
 tiě bàng iron club / steel rod
 tiě chuāng window with an iron grating (apartment etc) / barred window of a prison cell
 tiě xiù rust
 tiě jūn invincible army
 tiě mù ironwood
 tiě miàn iron mask (as defensive armor) / fig. upright and selfless person
 tiě huán an iron ring
 tiě shù sago palm (Cycas revoluta)
 tiě zhèng ironclad evidence / conclusive proof
 tiě qiú kung fu balls
 tiě gōu iron hook
 tiě shí iron and stone
 tiě guàn metal pot
 tiě shuǐ molten iron
 tiě xiāng metal trunk / metal box / a safe
 tiě mù Iron Curtain (1945-1991) (In Taiwan, the word was used to refer to both the Iron Curtain and the Bamboo Curtain.)
 tiě bǐng (athletics) discus / discus throw
 tiě xiān iron shovel / spade / CL:把[ba3]
 tiě shā shot (in shotgun) / pellets
 tiě gū iron hoop
 tiě shān Tsuga chinensis
 tiě zhēn anvil
齿 tiě chǐ (Tw) obstinate / argumentative / opinionated / skeptical of superstitions / (Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [thih-khí])
 tiě dàn iron egg, a Taiwanese snack made by stewing eggs in soy sauce and air-drying them each day for a week
 Tiě dōng Tiedong district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin
 Tiě fǎ Tiefa city and former county, now Tieling, county-level city 鐵嶺市|铁岭市[Tie3 ling3 shi4], Liaoning
 tiě fěn (slang) hardcore fan (abbr. for 鐵桿粉絲|铁杆粉丝[tie3 gan3 fen3 si1])
 Tiě fēng Tiefeng district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3], Heilongjiang
 tiě lán metal grille / railing / bars
 Tiě lì Tieli city in Yichun 伊春市[Yi1 chun1 shi4], Heilongjiang
 Tiě lǐng Tieling, prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省[Liao2 ning2 Sheng3] in northeast China / also Tieling county
 tiě líng (military) caltrop (spiky metal device laid on the ground to create a hazard for enemy horses or troops in ancient times)
 tiě qín metallophone
 tiě sān triathlon
 Tiě shān Tieshan district of Huangshi city 黃石市|黄石市[Huang2 shi2 shi4], Hubei
 Tiě tōng (Cantonese) iron pipe (weapon)
 Tiě tuō Marshal Josip Broz Tito (1892-1980), Yugoslav military and communist political leader, president of Yugoslavia 1945-1980
西 Tiě xī Tiexi district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin / Tiexi district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning
 tiě zhàng steel staff / steel stick
 tiě zi (slang) very close friend / bro
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 tiě kuàng shí iron ore
 Tiě dào bù 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]
 tiě sī wǎng wire netting / CL:道[dao4]
线 tiě lù xiàn railway line
 Tiě mù zhēn Temujin, birth name of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗[Cheng2 ji2 si1 han2]
 tiě fàn wǎn secure employment (lit. iron rice bowl)
 tiě gē men (coll.) very close male friends
 Tiě fú lóng Teflon (Tw)
 tiě bǎn shāo teppanyaki
 tiě gōng jī cheapskate / stingy person
 tiě cí xìng ferromagnetism
  ferromanganese crust / iron manganese crust
 tiě dàn zi see 鐵球|铁球[tie3 qiu2]
 Tiě dōng qū Tiedong district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin / Tiedong district of Anshan city 鞍山市[An1 shan1 shi4], Liaoning
 Tiě fǎ shì Tiefa city, now Tieling, county-level city 鐵嶺市|铁岭市[Tie3 ling3 shi4], Liaoning
 Tiě fēng qū Tiefeng district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3], Heilongjiang
 tiě gé zi iron lattice / metal grid
 tiě gōu r erhua variant of 鐵鈎|铁钩[tie3 gou1]
 Tiě guǎi Lǐ see 李鐵拐|李铁拐[Li3 Tie3 guai3]
 Tiě guān yīn Tieguanyin tea (a variety of oolong tea)
 tiě jiǎ chē armored car
 tiě jiǎ chuán armored ship
 tiě jiǎ jiàn ironclad / an armor-plated battleship
 tiě le xīn determined / unshakable
 tiě lì mù ironwood (Mesua ferrea)
 tiě líng jiǎo see 鐵菱|铁菱[tie3 ling2]
 Tiě lǐng shì Tieling, prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省[Liao2 ning2 Sheng3] in northeast China
 Tiě lǐng xiàn Tieling county in Tieling 鐵嶺|铁岭[Tie3 ling3], Liaoning
 Tiě lì shì Tieli city in Yichun 伊春市[Yi1 chun1 shi4], Heilongjiang
 Tiě lu:3 tǔ ferralsol (soil taxonomy)
 tiě lù zhàng iron pickets
 tiě měi zhì mafic rock (containing magnesium and iron, so comparatively heavy, making oceanic plates)
 tiě qiū líng Iron
 Tiě shān qū Tieshan district of Huangshi city 黃石市|黄石市[Huang2 shi2 shi4], Hubei
西 Tiě xī qū Tiexi district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin / Tiexi district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning
 tiě zhǎo wú (bird species of China) Lapland longspur (Calcarius lapponicus)
 tiě lù yùn shū rail-road transport / road-rail transport / piggyback
 tiě miàn wú sī strictly impartial and incorruptible (idiom)
 tiě shù kāi huā lit. the iron tree blooms (idiom) / a highly improbable or extremely rare occurrence
 tiě chǔ chéng zhēn see 磨杵成針|磨杵成针[mo2 chu3 cheng2 zhen1]
 tiě shí xīn cháng to have a heart of stone / hard-hearted / unfeeling
 tiě zhèng rú shān irrefutable evidence
  Operation Iron Stone
 tiě bǎn niú liǔ fillet beef served sizzling on a hot iron plate
 tiě bǎn niú ròu beef grilled on a hot iron plate
 tiě bǎn qié zi eggplant served sizzling on a hot iron plate
齿 tiě chǐ tóng yá clever and eloquent speaker (idiom)
 tiě chuāng shēng huó time served in prison / prison life
 Tiě dá ní Hào RMS Titanic, British passenger liner that sank in 1912 (Tw) / PRC equivalent: 泰坦尼克號|泰坦尼克号[Tai4 tan3 ni2 ke4 Hao4]
 tiě dāo sū mù yemeri
 Tiě ěr méi zī Termez city in southeast Uzbekistan
 tiě gǎn fěn sī die-hard fan
 tiě gē men r erhua variant of 鐵哥們|铁哥们[tie3 ge1 men5]
 tiě jí lí liàn caltrop chain / caltrop / spider
 Tiě lǐng dì qū Tieling prefecture and county in Liaoning
 tiě lù mò zhàn railhead / rail terminal
 tiě pǐ mò lín pemoline iron
 tiě rén sān xiàng triathlon
 Tiě shān gǎng qū Tieshangang district of Beihai city 北海市[Bei3 hai3 shi4], Guangxi
 Tiě xuè zǎi xiàng Iron Chancellor, refers to Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898), Prussian politician, minister-president of Prussia 1862-1873, Chancellor of Germany 1871-1890
 tiě zuǐ shā héng (bird species of China) greater sand plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)
  railhead / rail terminal
 tiě jiāng jūn bǎ mén lit. General Iron is guarding the door (idiom) / fig. the door is padlocked &mdash / nobody inside
 tiě niáng zǐ yuè tuán Iron
  Carriage of Goods by Rail Convention
  Railway Link Agreement
 tiě lù hé zuò zǔ zhī Organization for Cooperation between Railways
  Council on Railway Transport
 tiě lù yùn shū gōng zuò duì Working Party on Rail Transport
  Collaboration of rail police services
  Association of Iron Ore Exporting Countries
  Principal Working Party on Rail Transport
 tiě dǎ de yá men , liú shuǐ de guān lit. the yamen is strong as iron, the officials flow like water (idiom) / fig. government officials come and go
Approximate Results for 铁
 gāng tiě steel
 dì tiě subway / metro
 zhù tiě pig iron / foundry iron
 cí tiě magnet
 shēng tiě pig iron
 fèi tiě scrap iron
 gāo tiě high speed rail
 dǎ tiě to forge ironware
 chéng tiě rapid transit system / urban railway
 lào tie flatiron / iron / branding iron / soldering iron
 yà tiě ferrous
 liàn tiě smelting iron
 bái tiě galvanized iron
 sū tiě sago palm (Cycas revoluta)
 jiǎo tiě angle iron
 duàn tiě wrought iron
 shú tiě wrought iron
 Bā tiě 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[Ba1 ji1 si1 tan3 tie3 ge1 men5]
 dā tiě 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)
 Gǎng tiě (Hong Kong) MTR (Mass Transit Railway)
 jǔ tiě (coll.) to pump iron
 lǎo tiě (slang) very close friend / bro
 Lǐ Tiě Li Tie (1977-), footballer
 lū tiě (coll.) to pump iron / to work out
 ná tiě latte (loanword)
 Qīng tiě Hong Kong LRT (Light Rail Transit) (abbr. for 輕便鐵路|轻便铁路)
 ruǎn tiě soft iron
 sān tiě triathlon (Tw) / (athletics) throwing events excluding the hammer throw (i.e. discus, javelin and shot put)
 xiǎn tiě cast iron
 xiù tiě rusty iron
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 Xuě tiě lóng Citroën (French car manufacturer)
 dì tiě zhàn subway station
 Huá tiě lú Waterloo (Belgium) / Battle of Waterloo (1815) / (fig.) a defeat
 gāng tiě chǎng iron and steel works / steelworks
 mǎ kǒu tiě tinplate / tin (tin-coated steel)
 diàn cí tiě electromagnet
 diàn lào tie electric iron / electric soldering iron
 cí tiě kuàng magnetite Fe3O4
 liàn tiě chǎng iron foundry
 xī tiě shí a magnet / same as 磁鐵|磁铁
 chì tiě kuàng hematite (red iron ore) / ferric oxide Fe2O3
 mǎ tí tiě horseshoe
 sān jiǎo tiě triangle (musical instrument) / angle iron
 huáng tiě kuàng pyrite
 bù xiù tiě stainless iron
 bái kǒu tiě white iron
 bái tiě kuàng marcasite
 dā qīng tiě Hong Kong LRT
 fù tiě shān Michael
 Fù tiě tǔ ferrosol (soil taxonomy)
 Gāng tiě xiá Iron Man, comic book superhero
 hóng tiě mù ekki
 líng tiě kuàng siderite
 Lǐ Tiě guǎi 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
 liú suān tiě ferrous sulfate
 mù tiě zhù Mu
 Sǎ lā tiě Shealtiel (son of Jeconiah)
 Sā lā tiě Shealtiel (son of Jeconiah)
 tài tiě kuàng ilmenite FeTiO3 / titanium ore
 yáng tiě bó tinfoil / CL:張|张[zhang1]
 zhǎn dīng jié tiě lit. to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom) / fig. resolute and decisive / unhesitating / categorical
 Qīng Zàng tiě lù Qinghai-Tibet railway
 gāng tiě gōng yè steel industry
 chèn rè dǎ tiě to strike while the iron is hot
 shǒu wú cùn tiě lit. not an inch of steel (idiom) / unarmed and defenseless
 zá guō mài tiě to be willing to sacrifice everything one has (idiom)
 dǎ tiě chèn rè strike the iron while it's hot (idiom)
 diǎn jīn chéng tiě to transform gold into base metal (idiom) / fig. to edit sb else's beautiful prose and ruin it
 diǎn tiě chéng jīn to touch base matter and turn it to gold (idiom) / fig. to turn crude writing into a literary gem
 jīn gē tiě mǎ very powerful army
穿 mó chuān tiě yàn to grind one's way through an ink stone / to persevere in a difficult task (idiom) / to study diligently (idiom)
 tóng qiáng tiě bì copper wall, iron bastion (idiom) / impenetrable defense
 zhēng zhēng tiě hàn a strong and determined man (idiom)
  inter-Korean railway
  corrugated iron sheet
  Iron Road
 Bǎo Chéng tiě lù Baoji-Chengdu Railway
 Bǎo wǔ Gāng tiě Baowu, the world's largest steel maker, resulting from the merger of Baosteel 寶鋼集團|宝钢集团[Bao3 gang1 Ji2 tuan2] and Wuhan Iron and Steel 武漢鋼鐵|武汉钢铁[Wu3 han4 Gang1 tie3] in 2016
 cí huáng tiě kuàng pyrrhotite
 dì xià tiě lù subway
 èr liú huà tiě pyrite
 fèi tóng làn tiě scrap metal / a pile of junk
 gāng tiě xióng xīn Hearts
 Gāng tiě Xué yuàn 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)
广 Guǎng Jiǔ tiě lù Guangdong and Kowloon railway
 Hù Níng tiě lù Shanghai-Nanjing Railway, a.k.a. Huning Railway
 Jiāo Jì tiě lù Jiaonan-Jinan railway
 jīng bāo tiě lù Jingbao
广 Jīng Guǎng Tiě lù Jing-Guang (Beijing-Guangzhou) Railway
 Jīng Hā tiě lù Beijing-Harbin railway
 Jīng Hù gāo tiě Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway, completed in 2010 / abbr. for 京滬高速鐵路|京沪高速铁路
 Jīng Jiǔ Tiě lù JingJiu (Beijing-Kowloon) railway
 jí tōng tiě lù Jitong
 kuà ōu tiě lù Trans-European Railway
 lán qīng tiě lù Lanqing
 Lán xīn tiě lù Lanzhou-Xinjiang railway
 Lǒng Hǎi tiě lù Jiangsu-Gansu railway
 ná tiě kā fēi caffe latte
 ǒu jí cí tiě double-pole magnet / dipole magnet
 sān lu:4 huà tiě ferric chloride FeCl3
 tà pò tiě xié lit. to wear out one's iron shoes (idiom) / fig. to search high and low
 tiān jiā tiě zhì iron enrichment
 wǎng luò tiě lù Network Rail (UK railway organization)
 yǒng jiǔ cí tiě a permanent magnet
 Yuè Hàn Tiě lù 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]
 hèn tiě bù chéng gāng lit. disappointed that iron does not turn into steel (idiom) / fig. frustrated with sb who has failed to meet one's expectations
  iron deficiency anaemia
  feroxyhyte
  barbed wire roll
  cobalt-rich ferromanganese crust / cobalt-rich iron-manganese crust / cobalt crust
  Operation Horseshoe
  coula
  Iron and Steel Committee
 Aì fēi ěr Tiě tǎ Eiffel Tower
 Aī fēi ěr Tiě tǎ Eiffel Tower
 cí tòng huí liú tiě return iron
 dà jǐng chuān tiě dào Oigawa
 dāo piàn tiě sī wǎng razor wire
 fàn yà tiě lù wǎng trans-Asian railway network
 gāng tiě gōng zuò duì Working Party on Steel
 jīn yín tóng tiě xī the 5 metals: gold, silver, copper, iron and tin
 kē tǎn tiě kuàng shí columbotantalite / coltan
线 qīng zàng tiě lù xiàn Qinghai-Tibet Railway
 tài píng yáng tiě mù merbau / Moluccan ironwood / kwilau
 tuō tiě gǎn jùn mén Deferribacteraceae
 yǒu cì tiě sī wǎng barbed wire
齿线  bullet wood / beefwood
  grapia
  Association of American Railroads
  iron-deficiency anemia
  consignment note for international rail transport
  Besi Merah Putih militia
  International Iron and Steel Institute
  ring band core
 ào mén qīng guǐ tiě lù Macau
 cōng yè zhuàng tiě mù dòu pao rosa
 fēi zhōu tiě lù lián méng Union of African Railways
 gāo tiě xuè hóng dàn bái methemoglobin
 guó yíng tiě lù gōng sī Public Railways Corporation
 héng bāng shì yíng dì tiě Yokohama
 Huá tiě lú huǒ chē zhàn Waterloo Station (London)
 jué xíng tiě jiān pàn tiáo angular iron picket / angular picket
 nán tài píng yáng tiě lù Southern
 rén shì tiě fàn shì gāng one can't function properly on an empty stomach (idiom) / an empty sack cannot stand upright
 shé fù xíng tiě sī wǎng concertina wire
 Wǔ hàn Gāng tiě Gōng sī Wuhan Iron and Steel
  African Iron and Steel Association
  Arab Iron and Steel Union
  Railway Master Plan for Africa
  Arab Union of Railways
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