生鐵

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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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

生鐵

  1. pig iron
    生鐵鑊／生铁镬 [Cantonese]  ―  saang1 tit3 wok6   ―  cast iron wok
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 鑄鐵 (“cast iron; pig iron”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 鑄鐵, 生鐵
Central Plains Mandarin Wanrong 生鐵
Xi'an 生鐵
Lanyin Mandarin Ürümqi 生鐵
Gan Nanchang 生鐵
Lichuan 生鐵
Hakka Yudu 生鐵
Southern Min Xiamen 鉎鐵
Quanzhou 鉎鐵
Zhangzhou 鉎鐵
Taipei 鉎, 鑄鉎仔
New Taipei (Sanxia) 鉎
Kaohsiung 鉎仔
Yilan 鉎仔
Changhua (Lukang) 鉎
Taichung 鉎仔
Tainan 鉎仔
Hsinchu 鉎
Kinmen 鉎
Penghu (Magong) 鉎
Wu Suzhou 生鐵
Ningbo 生鐵
Xiang Loudi 生鐵
See also

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 生鐵 – see 鉎鐵 (“cast iron”).
(This term is the simplified form of 鉎鐵).
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