鐵筷子

Chinese

		iron	chopsticks
trad. (鐵筷子)		鐵	筷子
simp. (铁筷子)		铁	筷子

鐵筷子花／铁筷子花 (tiě-kuàizi huā)

Etymology

鐵／铁 (tiě, “iron”) +‎ 筷子 (kuàizi, “chopstick”). From the tough, rigid and iron-colored stems.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiě-kuàizi

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄎㄨㄞˋ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tit³ faai³ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiě-kuàizi
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄎㄨㄞˋ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiěkuàizi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: tʻieh³-kʻuai⁴-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: tyě-kwài-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tieekuay.tzy
    • Palladius: текуайцзы (tekuajczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tit³ faai³ zi²
    • Yale: tit faai jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tit⁸ faai³ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tid³ fai³ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːt̚³ faːi̯³³ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

鐵筷子

1. (botany) Helleborus thibetanus
2. (botany) hellebore