馬口鐵

See also: 马口铁

Chinese

		placename	iron
trad. (馬口鐵)		馬口	鐵
simp. (马口铁)		马口	铁

Etymology

Imported via the place 馬口 in Ngari Prefecture, Tibet, hence the name.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎkǒutiě

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄎㄡˇ ㄊㄧㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁵ hau² tit³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bé-kháu-thih

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǎkǒutiě [Phonetic: mákóutiě]
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄎㄡˇ ㄊㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǎkǒutiě
    • Wade–Giles: ma³-kʻou³-tʻieh³
    • Yale: mǎ-kǒu-tyě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maakooutiee
    • Palladius: макоуте (makoute)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa⁵ hau² tit³
    • Yale: máh háu tit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁵ hau² tit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma⁵ heo² tid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː¹³ hɐu̯³⁵ tʰiːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bé-kháu-thih
    • Tâi-lô: bé-kháu-thih
    • Phofsit Daibuun: befqaw'tiq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /be⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰiʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /be⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰiʔ³²/

Noun

馬口鐵

1. white iron; tin plate; galvanized iron

Synonyms

• 白鐵／白铁 (báitiě)
• 鍍鋅鐵／镀锌铁 (dùxīntiě)
• (Cantonese) 星鐵／星铁
• (Hakka, Hokkien) 白鐵仔／白铁仔
• (Hakka) 陽錫皮／阳锡皮
• (Hokkien, Teochew) 亞鉛／亚铅 (yàqiān), 亞鉛板／亚铅板