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

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• History of ferrous metallurgy#Early Developments in China (English)

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

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

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