Cantonese Dictionary

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銻煲
Mandarin: ti1 bao1
Simplified: 锑煲
aluminium cooking pot
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鋌
Mandarin: ding4
Simplified: 铤
hurry | quick in walking | running | # adapted from cc-cedict
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鋌而走險
Mandarin: ting3 er2 zou3 xian3
to take desperate measures when at risk; to make a reckless move when in danger
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錔
Mandarin: ta4
to encase the end with metal | metal cap | lid | covering | sheath | # adapted from cc-cedict
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鏜
Mandarin: tang1
Simplified: 镗
noise of drums | boring tool | # adapted from cc-cedict
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鐵
Mandarin: tie3
Simplified: 铁
iron (metal) | arms | weapons | hard | strong | violent | unshakeable | determined | close | tight (slang) | solid | firm | cruel | merciless | ruthless | # adapted from cc-cedict
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鐵公雞
Mandarin: tie3 gong1 ji1
iron cock (a stingy person); miser
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鐵冬青
Mandarin: tie3 dong1 qing1
Simplified: 铁冬青
Ilex rotunda, Kurogane holly or round leaf holly(a plant)
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鐵合金
Mandarin: tie3 he2 jin1
Simplified: 铁合金
ferroalloy; iron alloy
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鐵咀雞
Cantonese
variant of 鐵嘴雞
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鐵哥們
Mandarin: tie3 ge1 men2
friend, buddy (N Chinese dialect term)
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鐵嘴雞
Mandarin: tie3 zui5 ji1
Simplified: 铁嘴鸡
(slang) a woman who is quarrelsome and sharp-tongued; an argumentative woman who will not admit defeat
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鐵器
Mandarin: tie3 qi4
hardware; ironware
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鐵器時代
Mandarin: Tie3 qi4 Shi2 dai4
Simplified: 铁器时代
the Iron Age
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鐵圍欄
Mandarin: tie3 wei2 lan2
barrier, railing [Syn.] 鐵馬
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鐵姑娘
Mandarin: tie3 gu1 niang2
iron lady — [1] a young woman who can do heavy physical work [2] a young woman who can take on the men at work
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鐵工
Mandarin: tie3 gong1
ironwork; ironworker; blacksmith
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鐵心
Mandarin: tie3 xin1
Simplified: 铁心
iron core;to be unwavering in one's determination
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鐵打
Mandarin: die2 da3 (Taiwan), die1 da2 (PRC)
[Variant way of writing:] 跌打 (Die-da; Tieh-ta; traumatology)
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鐵打酒
Mandarin: tie3 da3 jiu3
Simplified: 铁打酒
a liniment for traumatic injuries(medicinal liquor, not for drink)
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鐵拐李打足球
Mandarin: Tie3 guai3 Li3 da3 zu2 qiu2
Simplified: 铁拐李打足球
to handle something all by oneself
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鐵拳無敵孫中山
Iron Fist Invincible Sun Yat-sen, a parody that places Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-Shek, Mao Zedong, and other influential historical figures of the time as martial artists in a wuxia setting
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鐵杵磨成針
Mandarin: tie3 chu3 mo2 cheng2 zhen1
Simplified: 铁杵磨成针
perseverance will prevail.
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鐵板燒
teppan yaki
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鐵枝
Mandarin: tie3 zhi1
Simplified: 铁枝
an iron rod
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鐵棒
Mandarin: tie3 bang4
bar, an iron rod
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鐵欄
metal barriers
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鐵水
Mandarin: tie3 sui3
molten iron
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鐵水管
Mandarin: tie3 shui3 guan3
a metal water pipe
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鐵沙梨
Mandarin: tie3 sha1 li2
Cantonese
a very stingy person; a close-fisted and miserly person
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