Taivo A Taiwan Mandarin dictionary

鐵絲

tiěsī

ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄙ

Simplified 铁丝

  1. 1iron wire
  2. 2subway enthusiast (abbr. for 地鐵粉絲|地铁粉丝[di4 tie3 fen3 si1])
  3. 3railway enthusiast (abbr. for 鐵路粉絲|铁路粉丝[tie3 lu4 fen3 si1])
Example

他沒帶鑰匙,用鐵絲撥動了兩下,門居然開了。

tā méi dài yàoshi yòng tiěsī bōdòng le liǎngxià mén jūrán kāi le

Having forgotten his key, he was able to open the door by inserting a wire in the keyhole.

Measure word

Keep 鐵絲 and it comes back until you know it.

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