Usage of the character 铁

(Tw) safe seat (in an election); stronghold (for a political party or candidate); a district in which a majority of voters consistently votes for a particular party or candidate

tiějiǎchuán

铁甲船

[鐵甲船]

armored ship

tiěpiàocāng

铁票仓

[鐵票倉]

see 鐵票區／铁票区 (tiěpiǎoqu)

língtiěkuàng

菱铁矿

[菱鐵礦]

siderite

Tiěguǎi Lǐ

铁拐李

[鐵拐李]

see 李鐵拐／李铁拐 ( Lǐ Tiěguǎi)

tiějiǎjiàn

铁甲舰

[鐵甲艦]

ironclad
an armor-plated battleship

Gāngtiěxiá

钢铁侠

[鋼鐵俠]

Iron Man, comic book superhero

tiělíngjiǎo

铁菱角

[鐵菱角]

see 鐵菱／铁菱 (tiělíng)

tiělütǔ

铁铝土

[鐵鋁土]

ferralsol (soil taxonomy)

tiělìmù

铁力木

[鐵力木]

ironwood (Mesua ferrea)

liàntiěchǎng

炼铁厂

[煉鐵廠]

iron foundry

Tiěguānyīn

铁观音

[鐵觀音]

Tieguanyin tea (a variety of oolong tea)

Tiělǐngxiàn

铁岭县

[鐵嶺縣]

Tieling county in Tieling 鐵嶺／铁岭 ( Tiělǐng), Liaoning

tiějíli

铁蒺藜

[鐵蒺藜]

(military) caltrop

huángtiěkuàng

黄铁矿

[黃鐵礦]

pyrite

tiělexīn

铁了心

[鐵了心]

determined
unshakable

diànlàotie

电烙铁

[電烙鐵]

electric iron
electric soldering iron

yángtiěbó

洋铁箔

[洋鐵箔]

tinfoil
CL:張／张 (zhāng)

Xuětiělóng

雪铁龙

[雪鐵龍]

Citroën (French car manufacturer)

Tiědàobù

铁道部

[鐵道部]

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 ( Jiāotōng Yùnshūbù)

tiěgōur

铁钩儿

[鐵鈎兒]

erhua variant of 鐵鈎／铁钩 (tiěgōu)

Lǐ Tiěguǎi

李铁拐

[李鐵拐]

Iron-Crutch Li, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙 ( Bāxiān) in Chinese mythology, walking around with an iron crutch and carrying a gourd with special medicine

mǎkǒutiě

马口铁

[馬口鐵]

tinplate
tin (tin-coated steel)

tiějiǎchē

铁甲车

[鐵甲車]

armored car

liúsuāntiě

硫酸铁

[硫酸鐵]

ferrous sulfate

tiězhǎowú

铁爪鹀

[鐵爪鵐]

(bird species of China) Lapland longspur (Calcarius lapponicus)

Tiělìshì

铁力市

[鐵力市]

Tieli city in Yichun 伊春市 ( Yīchūnshì), Heilongjiang

báikǒutiě

白口铁

[白口鐵]

white iron

dìxiàtiělù

地下铁路

[地下鐵路]

subway

Guǎng Jiǔtiělù

广九铁路

[廣九鐵路]

Guangdong and Kowloon railway

tiěmiànwúsī

铁面无私

[鐵面無私]

strictly impartial and incorruptible (idiom)

Qīng Zàngtiělù

青藏铁路

[青藏鐵路]

Qinghai-Tibet railway

tiěshùkāihuā

铁树开花

[鐵樹開花]

lit. the iron tree blooms (idiom)
a highly improbable or extremely rare occurrence

tiězuǐshāhéng

铁嘴沙鸻

[鐵嘴沙鴴]

(bird species of China) greater sand plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)

sānlühuàtiě

三氯化铁

[三氯化鐵]

ferric chloride FeCl3

Jīng Jiǔ Tiělù

京九铁路

[京九鐵路]

JingJiu (Beijing-Kowloon) railway

Jiāo Jìtiělù

胶济铁路

[膠濟鐵路]

Jiaonan-Jinan railway

zhēngzhēng-tiěgǔ

铮铮铁骨

[錚錚鐵骨]

see 鐵骨錚錚／铁骨铮铮 (tiěgu-zhěngzhěng)

Yuè Hàn Tiělù

粤汉铁路

[粵漢鐵路]

Canton-Hankou Railway, linking Guangzhou and Wuchang, incorporated since 1957 into the Jing-Guang Railway 京廣鐵路／京广铁路 ( Jīng Guǎng Tiělù)

Jīng Hātiělù

京哈铁路

[京哈鐵路]

Beijing-Harbin railway

Lǒng Hǎitiělù

陇海铁路

[隴海鐵路]

Jiangsu-Gansu railway

gāngtiěgōngyè

钢铁工业

[鋼鐵工業]

steel industry

Tiěshāngǎngqū

铁山港区

[鐵山港區]

Tieshangang district of Beihai city 北海市 ( Běihǎishì), Guangxi

Tiěxuèzǎixiàng

铁血宰相

[鐵血宰相]

Iron Chancellor, refers to Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898), Prussian politician, minister-president of Prussia 1862-1873, Chancellor of Germany 1871-1890

tiězhèngrúshān

铁证如山

[鐵證如山]

irrefutable evidence

Bǎo Chéngtiělù

宝成铁路

[寶成鐵路]

Baoji-Chengdu Railway

tóngqiángtiěbì

铜墙铁壁

[銅牆鐵壁]

copper wall, iron bastion (idiom); impenetrable defense

wǎngluòtiělù

网络铁路

[網絡鐵路]

Network Rail (UK railway organization)

Hù Níng Tiělù

沪宁铁路

[滬寧鐵路]

Shanghai-Nanjing Railway, a.k.a. Huning Railway

tiěbǎnniúròu

铁板牛肉

[鐵板牛肉]

beef grilled on a hot iron plate

Jīng Hùgāotiě

京沪高铁

[京滬高鐵]

Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway, completed in 2010
abbr. for 京滬高速鐵路／京沪高速铁路

nátiěkāfēi

拿铁咖啡

[拿鐵咖啡]

caffe latte

diǎnjīnchéngtiě

点金成铁

[點金成鐵]

to transform gold into base metal (idiom); fig. to edit sb else's beautiful prose and ruin it

zhǎndīngjiétiě

斩钉截铁

[斬釘截鐵]

lit. to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom)
fig. resolute and decisive; unhesitating; categorical

tàpòtiěxié

踏破铁鞋

[踏破鐵鞋]

lit. to wear out one's iron shoes (idiom)
fig. to search high and low

jīngētiěmǎ

金戈铁马

[金戈鐵馬]

very powerful army

tiěbǎnniúliǔ

铁板牛柳

[鐵板牛柳]

fillet beef served sizzling on a hot iron plate

tiěchǐtóngyá

铁齿铜牙

[鐵齒銅牙]

clever and eloquent speaker (idiom)

dǎtiěchènrè

打铁趁热

[打鐵趁熱]

strike the iron while it's hot (idiom)

tiěgǔ-zhēngzhēng

铁骨铮铮

[鐵骨錚錚]

(idiom) (of character) staunch; unyielding

tiěshíxīncháng

铁石心肠

[鐵石心腸]

to have a heart of stone
hard-hearted
unfeeling

chènrèdǎtiě

趁热打铁

[趁熱打鐵]

to strike while the iron is hot

zhēngzhēngtiěhàn

铮铮铁汉

[錚錚鐵漢]

a strong and determined man (idiom)

shǒuwúcùntiě

手无寸铁

[手無寸鐵]

lit. not an inch of steel (idiom); unarmed and defenseless

Gāngtiě Xuéyuàn

钢铁学院

[鋼鐵學院]

Beijing Steel and Iron Institute (the former name of 北京科技大學／北京科技大学 ( Běijīng Kējì Dàxué), University of Science and Technology Beijing)

Tiědání Hào

铁达尼号

[鐵達尼號]

RMS Titanic, British passenger liner that sank in 1912 (Tw)
PRC equivalent: 泰坦尼克號／泰坦尼克号 ( Tàitǎnníkè Hào)

Lánxīntiělù

兰新铁路

[蘭新鐵路]

Lanzhou-Xinjiang railway

Jīng Guǎng Tiělù

京广铁路

[京廣鐵路]

Jing-Guang (Beijing-Guangzhou) Railway

yǒngjiǔcítiě

永久磁铁

[永久磁鐵]

a permanent magnet

tiěchuāngshēnghuó

铁窗生活

[鐵窗生活]

time served in prison
prison life

Tiě'ěrméizī

铁尔梅兹

[鐵爾梅茲]

Termez city in southeast Uzbekistan

móchuāntiěyàn

磨穿铁砚

[磨穿鐵硯]

to grind one's way through an ink stone
to persevere in a difficult task (idiom)
to study diligently (idiom)

tiěrénsānxiàng

铁人三项

[鐵人三項]

triathlon

diǎntiěchéngjīn

点铁成金

[點鐵成金]

to touch base matter and turn it to gold (idiom); fig. to turn crude writing into a literary gem

tiěgǎnfěnsī

铁杆粉丝

[鐵桿粉絲]

die-hard fan

Bǎowǔ Gāngtiě

宝武钢铁

[寶武鋼鐵]

Baowu, the world's largest steel maker, resulting from the merger of Baosteel 寶鋼集團／宝钢集团 ( Bǎogāng Jítuán) and Wuhan Iron and Steel 武漢鋼鐵／武汉钢铁 ( Wǔhàn Gāngtiě) in 2016

fèitónglàntiě

废铜烂铁

[廢銅爛鐵]

scrap metal
a pile of junk

tiěbǎnqiézi

铁板茄子

[鐵板茄子]

eggplant served sizzling on a hot iron plate

záguōmàitiě

砸锅卖铁

[砸鍋賣鐵]

to be willing to sacrifice everything one has (idiom)

tiěgēmenr

铁哥们儿

[鐵哥們兒]

erhua variant of 鐵哥們／铁哥们 (tiěgēmen)

tiěchǔchéngzhēn

铁杵成针

[鐵杵成針]

see 磨杵成針／磨杵成针 (móchǔchéngzhēn)

jīnyíntóngtiěxī

金银铜铁锡

[金銀銅鐵錫]

the 5 metals: gold, silver, copper, iron and tin

tiějiāngjūnbǎmén

铁将军把门

[鐵將軍把門]

lit. General Iron is guarding the door (idiom)
fig. the door is padlocked — nobody inside

Aìfēi'ěr Tiětǎ

艾菲尔铁塔

[艾菲爾鐵塔]

Eiffel Tower

Qīng Zàng Tiělùxiàn

青藏铁路线

[青藏鐵路線]

Qinghai-Tibet Railway

dāopiàntiěsīwǎng

刀片铁丝网

[刀片鐵絲網]

razor wire

hèntiěbùchénggāng

恨铁不成钢

[恨鐵不成鋼]

lit. disappointed that iron does not turn into steel (idiom)
fig. frustrated with sb who has failed to meet one's expectations

Aīfēi'ěr Tiětǎ

埃菲尔铁塔

[埃菲爾鐵塔]

Eiffel Tower

Huátiělú Huǒchēzhàn

滑铁卢火车站

[滑鐵盧火車站]

Waterloo Station (London)

Wǔhàn Gāngtiě Gōngsī

武汉钢铁公司

[武漢鋼鐵公司]

Wuhan Iron and Steel

rénshìtiěfànshìgāng

人是铁饭是钢

[人是鐵飯是鋼]

one can't function properly on an empty stomach (idiom)
an empty sack cannot stand upright

gāotiěxuèhóngdànbái

高铁血红蛋白

[高鐵血紅蛋白]

methemoglobin

Tàipíng Yáng Liánhé Tiělù

太平洋联合铁路

[太平洋聯合鐵路]

Union Pacific Railroad

Jiānádà Tàipíngyáng Tiělù

加拿大太平洋铁路

[加拿大太平洋鐵路]

Canadian Pacific Railway

tiědǎdeyámen,liúshuǐdeguān

铁打的衙门，流水的官

[鐵打的衙門，流水的官]

lit. the yamen is strong as iron, the officials flow like water (idiom)
fig. government officials come and go

zhǐyàogōngfushēn,tiěchǔmóchéngzhēn

只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针

[只要功夫深，鐵杵磨成針]

If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.
cf idiom 磨杵成針／磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task
to study diligently

tàpòtiěxiéwúmìchù,déláiquánbùfèigōngfu

踏破铁鞋无觅处，得来全不费工夫

[踏破鐵鞋無覓處，得來全不費工夫]

to travel far and wide looking for sth, only to find it easily