鐵線

Chinese

		iron	thread; string; wire thread; string; wire; line
trad. (鐵線/鐵綫)		鐵	線/綫
simp. (铁线)		铁	线

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiěxiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tit³ sin^3-2
• Northern Min (KCR): tiĕ-sṳ̿ing
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thih-sòaⁿ

  (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): ti⁷ sua³

• Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): tit² slin³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiěxiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiěsiàn
    • Wade–Giles: tʻieh³-hsien⁴
    • Yale: tyě-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tieeshiann
    • Palladius: тесянь (tesjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tit³ sin^3-2
    • Yale: tit sín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tit⁸ sin^3-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: tid³ xin^3-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːt̚³ siːn³³⁻³⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: tiĕ-sṳ̿ing
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiɛ²⁴ syiŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thih-sòaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: thih-suànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tihsvoax
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ suã²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ suã²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ suã¹¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰi(ʔ)⁵ suã⁴¹/
  • (Leizhou)
    • Leizhou Pinyin: ti⁷ sua³
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi⁵⁵ sua²¹/
• Southern Pinghua
  • (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
    • Jyutping++: tit² slin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰit̚³³ ɬin⁵⁵/

Noun

鐵線

1. iron wire (Classifier: 條／条 c)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鐵絲 (“iron wire”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鐵絲
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	鐵絲, 鐵線
	Harbin	鐵絲子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	鐵絲兒, 鉛絲兒 galvanized
	Wanrong	鐵絲, 洋鐵絲 dated
	Xi'an	鐵絲
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	鐵絲
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	鐵絲
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	鐵線
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	鉛絲 galvanized
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鐵線
	Hong Kong	鐵線
Gan	Lichuan	鐵絲
Hakka	Meixian	鐵線仔, 鉛線仔
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鉛線, 鉛線仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鉛線
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鉛線, 鉛線仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	鉛線
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鉛線, 鉛線仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鉛線
Jin	Taiyuan	鐵絲
Northern Min	Jian'ou	鐵線
Southern Min	Xiamen	鐵線, 亞鉛線 galvanized, 亞鉛絲 galvanized
	Quanzhou	鐵線, 亞鉛線 galvanized, 亞鉛絲 galvanized
	Jinjiang	鐵線
	Zhangzhou	鐵線, 亞鉛線 galvanized, 亞鉛絲 galvanized
	Tainan	亞鉛線, 鉛線
	Manila (Hokkien)	鐵線
	Jieyang	亞鉛, 鉛線
	Leizhou	鐵線
	Haikou	鐵紗
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	鐵線
Wu	Danyang	鐵絲, 鉛絲 galvanized
	Wenzhou	鉛絲 galvanized
Xiang	Loudi	鐵絲子