鐵娘子

Chinese

		iron	wife; woman; lady
trad. (鐵娘子)		鐵	娘子
simp. (铁娘子)		铁	娘子

Etymology

Calque of English iron lady or iron maiden.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiěniángzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄋㄧㄤˊ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tit³ noeng⁴ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiěniángzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄋㄧㄤˊ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiěniángzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: tʻieh³-niang²-tzŭ³
    • Yale: tyě-nyáng-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tieeniangtzyy
    • Palladius: тенянцзы (tenjanczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni̯ɑŋ³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tit³ noeng⁴ zi²
    • Yale: tit nèuhng jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tit⁸ noeng⁴ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tid³ nêng⁴ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːt̚³ nœːŋ²¹ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

鐵娘子

1. iron lady (a strong-willed and unrelenting female leader)
2. iron maiden (a kind of torture device)

Synonyms

• (iron lady): 女強人／女强人 (nǚqiángrén)
• (iron maiden): 鐵處女／铁处女