鐵桿

Chinese

		iron	stick; pole
trad. (鐵桿)		鐵	桿
simp. (铁杆)		铁	杆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiěgǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄍㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tit³ gon¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiěgǎn [Phonetic: tiégǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄍㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiěgǎn
    • Wade–Giles: tʻieh³-kan³
    • Yale: tyě-gǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tieegaan
    • Palladius: тегань (teganʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiěgǎnr [Phonetic: tiégǎnr]
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄍㄢˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiěgǎnr
    • Wade–Giles: tʻieh³-kan³-ʼrh
    • Yale: tyě-gǎnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tieegaal
    • Palladius: теганьр (teganʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tit³ gon¹
    • Yale: tit gōn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tit⁸ gon¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tid³ gon¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːt̚³ kɔːn⁵⁵/

Noun

鐵桿

1. iron club
2. (figurative) persistent or headstrong person

Adjective

鐵桿

1. (attributive, of a fan) loyal and reliable; diehard
2. (attributive, of a traitor) out-and-out; diehard

Derived terms

• 鐵桿粉絲／铁杆粉丝 (tiěgǎn fěnsī)