鐵齒
Chinese
| iron | tooth | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (鐵齒) | 鐵 | 齒 | |
| simp. (铁齿) | 铁 | 齿 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: tiěchǐ [Phonetic: tiéchǐ]
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄔˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tiěchǐh
- Wade–Giles: tʻieh3-chʻih3
- Yale: tyě-chř
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tieechyy
- Palladius: течи (teči)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiet-chhṳ́
- Hakka Romanization System: tiedˋ ciiˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: tiad5 ci3
- Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯et̚² t͡sʰɨ³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thih-khí
- Tâi-lô: thih-khí
- Phofsit Daibuun: tihqie
- IPA (Xiamen): /tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kʰi⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰi(ʔ)⁵ kʰi⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kʰi⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kʰi⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ kʰi⁴¹/
- (Hokkien)
Adjective
鐵齒
- (Hokkien or Taiwanese Mandarin) stubborn; hard-headed; obstinate; reluctant to admit one's mistakes
- (Mainland China Mandarin) eloquent; persuasive in speech
Synonyms
- (stubborn):
- 乖張 / 乖张 (guāizhāng)
- 剺揭 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
- 固執 / 固执
- 圓櫼 / 圆櫼 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 執一癖 / 执一癖 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 執性 / 执性 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 執拗 / 执拗
- 執死板 / 执死板 (Xiamen Hokkien)
- 執癖 / 执癖 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 執著 / 执著 (zhízhuó)
- 執訣 / 执诀 (Taiwanese Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 悻直 (xìngzhí) (literary)
- 愚躕 / 愚蹰 (Min Nan)
- 拘執 / 拘执 (jūzhí) (literary)
- 拘泥 (jūnì)
- 確切 / 确切 (quèqiè) (literary)
- 耿性 (gang2 lhen1) (Taishanese)
- 蠻皮 / 蛮皮 (mánpí)
- 頑固 / 顽固 (wángù)
Derived terms
- 鐵齒銅牙槽 / 铁齿铜牙槽