鑌鐵

鑌鐵

See also: 镔铁

Chinese

		fine steel	iron
trad. (鑌鐵)		鑌	鐵
simp. (镔铁)		镔	铁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bīntiě

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄣ ㄊㄧㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ban¹ tit³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bīntiě
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄣ ㄊㄧㄝˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bintiie
    • IPA ^(key): /pin⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ban¹ tit³
    • Yale: bān tit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ban¹ tit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ben¹ tid³
    • IPA ^(key): /pɐn⁵⁵ tʰiːt̚³/

Noun

鑌鐵

1. (archaic) A type of refined iron, which was known for its hardness. It was often used in the making of sword blades.

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.