鐵絲

Chinese

		iron	silk; thread; trace
trad. (鐵絲)		鐵	絲
simp. (铁丝)		铁	丝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): tiěsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄙ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): тесы (ti͡əsɨ, I-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tit³ si¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiěsī
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiěsih
    • Wade–Giles: tʻieh³-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: tyě-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tieesy
    • Palladius: тесы (tesy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: тесы (ti͡əsɨ, I-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiə²⁴ sz̩²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tit³ si¹
    • Yale: tit sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tit⁸ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tid³ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːt̚³ siː⁵⁵/

Noun

鐵絲

1. iron wire

Synonyms

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

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鐵絲
Mandarin	Taiwan	鐵絲
	Harbin	鐵絲子
	Luoyang	鐵絲兒, 鉛絲兒 galvanized
	Wanrong	鐵絲, 洋鐵絲 dated
	Xi'an	鐵絲
	Ürümqi	鐵絲
	Liuzhou	鐵線
	Yangzhou	鉛絲 galvanized
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	鐵絲
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
	Taipei	亞鉛線 galvanized, 鉛線
	Kaohsiung	亞鉛線 galvanized, 鉛線
	Manila (Hokkien)	鐵線
	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

Derived terms

• 鐵絲網／铁丝网 (tiěsīwǎng)