工字鐵

Chinese

		work; worker; skill work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labour	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word	iron
trad. (工字鐵)		工	字	鐵
simp. (工字铁)		工	字	铁
Literally: “工 (gōng)-shaped iron”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōngzìtiě

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄗˋ ㄊㄧㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ zi⁶ tit³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōngzìtiě
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄗˋ ㄊㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gongzìhtiě
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-tzŭ⁴-tʻieh³
    • Yale: gūng-dz̀-tyě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongtzyhtiee
    • Palladius: гунцзыте (gunczyte)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gung¹ zi⁶ tit³
    • Yale: gūng jih tit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ dzi⁶ tit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ ji⁶ tid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː²² tʰiːt̚³/

Noun

工字鐵

1. (architecture) I-beam