打鐵

See also: 打铁

Chinese

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	iron
trad. (打鐵)		打	鐵
simp. (打铁)		打	铁
anagram		鐵打／铁打

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎtiě

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄊㄧㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² tit³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): tá-thiet

  (Hailu, HRS): da^ˊ tied

  (Meixian, Guangdong): da³ tiêd⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎtiě [Phonetic: dátiě]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄊㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎtiě
    • Wade–Giles: ta³-tʻieh³
    • Yale: dǎ-tyě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daatiee
    • Palladius: дате (date)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daa² tit³
    • Yale: dá tit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daa² tit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: da² tid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taː³⁵ tʰiːt̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tá-thiet
    • Hakka Romanization System: da^ˋ tied^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: da³ tiad⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /ta³¹ tʰi̯et̚²/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: da^ˊ tied
    • Sinological IPA: /ta²⁴⁻³³ tʰiet⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: da³ tiêd⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /ta³¹ tʰiɛt̚¹/

Verb

打鐵

1. to forge (metal)
2. (by extension) to perform the skills of a blacksmith

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 拍鐵／拍铁

Derived terms

• 打鐵先得本身硬／打铁先得本身硬 (dǎtiě xiān děi běnshēn yìng)
• 打鐵匠／打铁匠
• 打鐵的／打铁的 (dǎtiěde)
• 打鐵算盤／打铁算盘
• 打鐵趁熱／打铁趁热 (dǎtiěchènrè)
• 打鐵還需自身硬／打铁还需自身硬 (dǎtiě hái xū zìshēn yìng)
• 趁熱打鐵／趁热打铁 (chènrèdǎtiě)

 

See also

• 鐵匠／铁匠 (tiějiàng)