鑌鐵

See also: 镔铁

Chinese

		fine steel	iron
trad. (鑌鐵)		鑌	鐵
simp. (镔铁)		镔	铁
alternative forms		賓鐵／宾铁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bīntiě

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄣ ㄊㄧㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ban¹ tit³
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): bin¹ tie⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bīntiě
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄣ ㄊㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bintiě
    • Wade–Giles: pin¹-tʻieh³
    • Yale: bīn-tyě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bintiee
    • Palladius: биньте (binʹte)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pin⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ban¹ tit³
    • Yale: bān tit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ban¹ tit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ben¹ tid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐn⁵⁵ tʰiːt̚³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: bin¹ tie⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pin³³ tʰi̯e̞²⁴/

Noun

鑌鐵

1. (archaic) a type of refined iron known for its hardness (often used in the making of sword blades)
2. (Xiang) aluminium

Usage notes

鑌鐵 was probably a type of carbon steel. Some have claimed that 鑌鐵 was actually Damascus steel (Wootz steel), however there is insufficient archaeological evidence to support this.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鋁 (“aluminium; aluminum ”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鋁
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	鋁
Cantonese	Hong Kong	鋁
Southern Min	Taipei	a-lú-mih
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	a-lú-mih
	Kaohsiung	輕銀仔, a-lú-mih
	Yilan	a-lú-mih
	Changhua (Lukang)	a-lú-mih
	Taichung	輕銀仔, a-lú-mih
	Tainan	輕銀仔, a-lú-mih
	Hsinchu	a-lú-mih
	Kinmen	鋁
	Penghu (Magong)	輕銀, a-lú-mih
Wu	Shanghai	鋁
Xiang	Changsha	輕飄, 鑌鐵