鐵屋

Chinese

		iron	house; room
trad. (鐵屋)		鐵	屋
simp. (铁屋)		铁	屋

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiěwū

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄨ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiěwū
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiěwu
    • Wade–Giles: tʻieh³-wu¹
    • Yale: tyě-wū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tieeu
    • Palladius: теу (teu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ u⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: thet 'uwk

Rime
Character	鐵	屋
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	屑 (87)	屋 (3)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	他結切	烏谷切
Baxter	thet	'uwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰet̚/	/ʔuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰet̚/	/ʔuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɛt̚/	/ʔuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰɛt̚/	/ʔəwk̚/
Li Rong	/tʰet̚/	/ʔuk̚/
Wang Li	/tʰiet̚/	/uk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/tʰiet̚/	/ʔuk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tie	wu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tit3	uk1

Noun

鐵屋

1. (literary, figurative) prison; jail

Synonyms

• 囹圄 (língyǔ) (literary)
• 大牢 (dàláo) (archaic)
• 清室 (qīngshì) (archaic)
• 牢 (láo)
• 牢房 (láofáng)
• 牢獄／牢狱 (láoyù)
• 班房 (bānfáng) (colloquial)
• 監房／监房 (jiānfáng)
• 監牢／监牢 (jiānláo)
• 監獄／监狱 (jiānyù)