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三角铁sān jiǎo tiě
triangle
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 三角铁 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 三角鐵 | ||
| 三角鐵 | sānjiǎotiě | |
| 1. n. (musical instrument) triangle | ||
| English > Chinese | ||
| triangle | ||
| 1. 名词. 三角形 | ||
| Components | ||
| 三 | sān | |
| 1. three | ||
| 2. (Mainland, slang) the other woman; the other man | ||
| 3. repeatedly; thrice | ||
| 三思 - to think carefully | ||
| 角 | jiǎo, jué, jió | |
| 1. horn; antler | ||
| 2. point | ||
| 3. (mathematics) angle; corner | ||
| 4. (geography) cape; point; headland | ||
| 5. (numismatics) one tenth of a yuan or dollar | ||
| 6. role; part; character | ||
| 7. actor; actress | ||
| 8. (music) bugle; horn | ||
| 9. (music) third note in the Chinese pentatonic scale, or mi | ||
| 10. to contend; to compete; to challenge | ||
| 角jué鬥 - wrestle | ||
| 11. (Chinese astronomy) Horn (one of Twenty-Eight Mansions) | ||
| 12. (gaming) Short for 角色 | ||
| 13. (Min Bei, Min Dong, Hokkien) A suffix to denote masculine animals | ||
| 铁 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 鐵 | ||
| 鐵 | tiě | |
| 1. iron (Fe) | ||
| 鐵鏽 - rust of iron - | ||
| 2. (only in compounds) Short for 鐵路, railway | ||
| 地鐵 - subway - | ||
| 港鐵 - MTR - | ||
| 3. arms; weapon | ||
| 手無寸鐵 - weaponless; unarmed - | ||
| 陀鐵 - to carry a gun - | ||
| 4. strong; solid; firm | ||
| 鐵拳 - iron fist - | ||
| 鐵漢 - man of iron will - | ||
| 咱 倆 關係xi 鐵。 - We are on intimate terms. | ||
| 5. ironclad; firm; unalterable | ||
| 鐵定 - ironclad - | ||
| 鐵 的 紀律 - firm discipline - | ||
| 6. ruthless | ||
| 鐵蹄 - cruel oppression of the people - | ||
| 鐵石心腸 - stone-hearted - | ||
| 7. (Cantonese, colloquial, always with the classifier) nothing; damn all; jack shit; bugger all | ||
| (syn, yue, 春, 毛) | ||
| 你 識 條 鐵 咩？ - What the heck do you know? | ||
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Pronunciation
sān jiǎo tiě
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