生鐵

See also: 生铁

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	iron
trad. (生鐵)		生	鐵
simp. (生铁)		生	铁

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): shēngtiě

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥㄊㄧㄝˇ

(Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): sěngtiě
Cantonese (Jyutping): saang¹ tit³
Gan (Wiktionary): 'sang¹ tiet⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhiⁿ-thih / chheⁿ-thih

(Teochew, Peng'im): sên¹ tih⁴
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ¹san-thiq₇
Xiang (Loudi, Wiktionary): sonn¹ te^2*

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēngtiě
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥㄊㄧㄝˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shengtiě
  - Wade–Giles: shêng¹-tʻieh³
  - Yale: shēng-tyě
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengtiee
  - Palladius: шэнте (šɛnte)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Xi'an)
  - Guanzhong Pinyin: sěngtiě
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /səŋ²¹ tʰiɛ²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saang¹ tit³
  - Yale: sāang tit
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saang¹ tit⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: sang¹ tid³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːŋ⁵⁵ tʰiːt̚³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: 'sang¹ tiet⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈsaŋ⁴² tʰiɛt̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiⁿ-thih
  - Tâi-lô: tshinn-thih
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chvi'tiq
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰĩ³³ tʰiʔ⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheⁿ-thih
  - Tâi-lô: tshenn-thih
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhve'tiq
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiʔ³²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiʔ³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sên¹ tih⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: seⁿ thih
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sẽ³³⁻²³ tʰiʔ²/
Wu
- (Northern: Suzhou, Ningbo)
  - Wugniu: ¹san-thiq₇
  - MiniDict: san^平 thih^入
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /sã⁴⁴ tʰiɪʔ/
  - Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /sã³³ tʰiɪʔ⁵¹/
Xiang
- (Loudi)
  - Wiktionary: sonn¹ te^2*
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔ̃⁴⁴ tʰe̞¹³⁻³³/

Noun

生鐵

pig iron
生鐵鑊／生铁镬 [Cantonese] ― saang¹ tit³ wok⁶ [Jyutping] ― cast iron wok

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鑄鐵 (“cast iron; pig iron”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鑄鐵, 生鐵
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	生鐵
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	生鐵
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	生鐵
Gan	Nanchang	生鐵
Gan	Lichuan	生鐵
Hakka	Yudu	生鐵
Southern Min	Xiamen	鉎鐵
	Quanzhou	鉎鐵
	Zhangzhou	鉎鐵
	Taipei	鉎, 鑄鉎仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	鉎
	Kaohsiung	鉎仔
	Yilan	鉎仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	鉎
	Taichung	鉎仔
	Tainan	鉎仔
	Hsinchu	鉎
	Kinmen	鉎
	Penghu (Magong)	鉎
Wu	Suzhou	生鐵
Wu	Ningbo	生鐵
Xiang	Loudi	生鐵

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 生鐵 – see 鉎鐵 (“cast iron”). (This term is the simplified form of 鉎鐵).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.