吸鐵

See also: 吸铁

Chinese

		to breathe; to suck in; to absorb to breathe; to suck in; to absorb; to inhale	iron
trad. (吸鐵)		吸	鐵
simp. (吸铁)		吸	铁

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xi² tie²

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): щите (xiti͡ə, I-II)
Eastern Min (BUC): hiék-tiék
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khip-thih

Mandarin
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: xi² tie²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xitie
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi²¹ tʰiɛ²¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: щите (xiti͡ə, I-II)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi²⁴ tʰiə⁵¹/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: hiék-tiék
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hieʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ tʰiɛʔ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Tainan, Taipei, Hsinchu, Sanxia)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khip-thih
  - Tâi-lô: khip-thih
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qiptiq
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰip̚⁵⁻²⁴ tʰiʔ⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰip̚³²⁻⁵ tʰiʔ³²/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Tainan, Taipei): /kʰip̚³²⁻⁴ tʰiʔ³²/

Noun

吸鐵

(Central Plains and Southwestern Mandarin, Hokkien, Jin, Northern and Eastern Min) magnet

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 磁石 (“magnet”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		磁鐵, 磁石
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	吸鐵石
	Taiwan	磁鐵
	Harbin	吸鐵石
	Wuchang (Yingchengzi)	吸鐵石
Jilu Mandarin	Xianxian (Xiaoying)	吸鐵石
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	吸鐵石, 磁鐵
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	吸鐵石
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	吸鐵石
	Wanrong	吸鐵石
	Xi'an	吸鐵石
	Xining	吸鐵石, 吸鐵, 磁鐵
	Xuzhou	吸鐵石
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	吸鐵石
	Lanzhou	磁鐵, 吸鐵石
	Ürümqi	吸鐵石
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	吸鐵石, 吸鐵, 磁鐵石, 磁鐵
	Wuhan	吸鐵石
	Guiyang	吸鐵石
	Guilin	吸鐵石
	Liuzhou	遇鐵石, 戲鐵石, 繫鐵石
	Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)	磁石
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	吸鐵
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	磁石
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	吸鐵石
	Yangzhou	吸鐵石
	Hefei	吸鐵石
Cantonese	Guangzhou	攝石, 磁石, 攝鐵
	Hong Kong	攝石, 磁石, 攝鐵
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	攝石
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	磁石, 攝石
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	嗋石
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	攝石
	Macau	攝石
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	攝鐵
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	攝石
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	磁鐵
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	攝石
	Foshan	磁石
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	攝石
	Foshan (Shunde)	攝石
	Foshan (Sanshui)	攝鐵
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	磁石
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	攝石
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	攝石
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	磁石
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	攝石
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	磁石
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	磁石
	Taishan	吸石
	Kaiping (Chikan)	嗋石
	Enping (Niujiang)	嗋石, 磁石
	Heshan (Yayao)	磁石
	Dongguan	磁石
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	磁鐵
	Yangjiang	磁鐵石
	Nanning	攝石
	Wuzhou	攝石
	Yulin	攝石
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	攝石
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	攝石
Gan	Nanchang	吸鐵石
	Pengze	吸鐵石
	Yanshan	吸鐵石
	Lichuan	吸鐵石
	Pingxiang	磁鐵
Hakka	Meixian	磁石, 磁鐵, 嗋鐵
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	吸鐵石, 嗋石
	Yudu	磁鐵
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	嗋石
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	吸石, 嗋石
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	嗋鋼, 吸鋼
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	嗋石, 吸石, 吸鋼
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	嗋石, 嗋鋼
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	嗋石, 吸石
	Hong Kong	磁嗋
	Luchuan	嗋石
	Senai (Huiyang)	嗋石
Huizhou	Jixi	吸鐵石, 磁鐵
Jin	Taiyuan	吸鐵石
	Xinzhou	吸鐵
	Liangcheng	磁鐵, 吸鐵
Northern Min	Jian'ou	吸鐵, 吸鐵石
Northern Min	Pucheng (Shibei)	吸鐵, 吸鐵石
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	吸石, 吸鐵
	Fuqing	磁, 磁鐵, 磁石
	Gutian	吸石
	Pingnan	磁
	Fu'an	磁鐵
	Shouning	磁石
Southern Min	Xiamen	吸鐵, 吸石
	Quanzhou	吸鐵, 吸石
	Zhangzhou	吸鐵, 吸石, 翕鐵
	Taipei	吸鐵, 吸石
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	吸鐵
	Kaohsiung	ji-siá-kuh, 吸石仔
	Yilan	翕鐵, 吸石
	Changhua (Lukang)	吸石
	Taichung	吸石仔, 吸鐵
	Taichung (Wuqi)	吸石
	Tainan	吸鐵, 吸石
	Taitung	吸石
	Hsinchu	吸鐵, 吸石
	Kinmen	吸石
	Penghu (Magong)	吸石
	Penang (Hokkien)	黏鐵
	Manila (Hokkien)	吸石
	Chaozhou	協石
	Shantou	協石, 磁石
	Jieyang	協鐵, 協石
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	攝石
	Pontianak (Teochew)	協鐵
	Leizhou	吸石
	Haikou	磁鐵
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	攝石
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	吸鐵石
Shehua	Guixi (Zhangping)	吸鐵
Wu	Shanghai	吸鐵石
	Shanghai (Chongming)	吸鐵石
	Suzhou	吸鐵石
	Danyang	吸鐵石
	Hangzhou	吸鐵石
	Hangzhou (Fuyang)	吸鐵石
	Ningbo	吸鐵石
	Wenzhou	吸鐵石
	Jinhua	吸鐵石, 磁鐵
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	吃鐵石
	Yiwu	磁鐵, 吸鐵石 rare
Xiang	Changsha	吸鐵石, 磁鐵石
	Shuangfeng	吸鐵石, 磁鐵石
	Quanzhou	磁石

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 吸鐵 – see 翕鐵 (“magnet”). (This term is a variant form of 翕鐵).