鐵老大

Chinese

		iron	old; eldest among the siblings
trad. (鐵老大)		鐵	老大
simp. (铁老大)		铁	老大

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Tiělǎodà

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄚˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Tiělǎodà [Phonetic: tiélǎodà]
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Tiělǎodà
    • Wade–Giles: Tʻieh³-lao³-ta⁴
    • Yale: Tyě-lǎu-dà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tieelaodah
    • Palladius: Телаода (Telaoda)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹/

Proper noun

鐵老大

1. (Mainland China, informal) the Ministry of Railways, which has a parallel system of governance as opposed to local governments
2. (Mainland China, informal) China Railway, the successor of the Ministry of Railways