鐵娘子

Chinese

		iron	wife; woman; lady
trad. (鐵娘子)		鐵	娘子
simp. (铁娘子)		铁	娘子

Etymology

Calque of English iron lady or iron maiden.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiěniángzǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄋㄧㄤˊ ㄗˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tit³ noeng⁴ zi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiěniángzǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄋㄧㄤˊ ㄗˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tiěniángzǐh
  - Wade–Giles: tʻieh³-niang²-tzŭ³
  - Yale: tyě-nyáng-dž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tieeniangtzyy
  - Palladius: тенянцзы (tenjanczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni̯ɑŋ³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tit³ noeng⁴ zi²
  - Yale: tit nèuhng jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tit⁸ noeng⁴ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: tid³ nêng⁴ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːt̚³ nœːŋ²¹ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

鐵娘子

iron lady (a strong-willed and unrelenting female leader)
iron maiden (a kind of torture device)

Synonyms

(iron lady): 女強人／女强人 (nǚqiángrén)
(iron maiden): 鐵處女／铁处女

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.