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生鐵

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

Noun

生鐵

pig iron

See also

銑鐵／铣铁 (xiǎntiě)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shēngtiě

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥㄊㄧㄝˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saang¹ tit³
Min Nan (POJ): chhiⁿ-thih / chheⁿ-thih / siⁿ-thih / seⁿ-thih

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: shēngtiě
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥㄊㄧㄝˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengtiee
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: saang¹ tit³
  - Yale: sāang tit
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saang¹ tit⁸
  - IPA ^(key): /sɑːŋ⁵⁵ tʰiːt̚³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiⁿ-thih
  - Tâi-lô: tshinn-thih
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chvi'tiq
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰĩ³³ tʰiʔ⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheⁿ-thih
  - Tâi-lô: tshenn-thih
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhve'tiq
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiʔ³²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siⁿ-thih
  - Tâi-lô: sinn-thih
  - Phofsit Daibuun: svi'tiq
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seⁿ-thih
  - Tâi-lô: senn-thih
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sve'tiq
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiʔ³²/