鐵窗

Chinese

		iron	shutter; window
trad. (鐵窗)		鐵	窗
simp. (铁窗)		铁	窗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiěchuāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄔㄨㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tit³ coeng¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thiat-chhong / thih-thang / thih-chhang

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiěchuāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄔㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiěchuang
    • Wade–Giles: tʻieh³-chʻuang¹
    • Yale: tyě-chwāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tieechuang
    • Palladius: течуан (tečuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tit³ coeng¹
    • Yale: tit chēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tit⁸ tsoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tid³ cêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːt̚³ t͡sʰœːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiat-chhong
    • Tâi-lô: thiat-tshong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiatzhofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰɔŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thih-thang
    • Tâi-lô: thih-thang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tihtafng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ tʰaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ tʰaŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thih-chhang
    • Tâi-lô: thih-tshang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tihzhafng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰaŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

鐵窗

1. window with iron grating
2. (metonymically) prison; jail