铁丝

Traditional form:

鐵絲

Pinyin (reading):

tiěsī

Definitions:

• iron wire
• CL:根 (gēn)
• subway enthusiast (abbr. for 地鐵粉絲／地铁粉丝 (dìtiěfěnsī))
• railway enthusiast (abbr. for 鐵路粉絲／铁路粉丝 (tiělùfěnsī))

Characters:

• 铁 - iron; strong, solid, firm
• 丝 - silk, fine thread; wire; strings

Traditional characters:

• 鐵 - iron; strong, solid, firm
• 絲 - silk, fine thread; wire; strings