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铁锨 (tiě xiān): Iron shovel — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

铁锨 consists of 2 characters.

iron (the metal)

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Pinyintiě xiān

Meaningiron shovel

Characters2

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Words with 铁

地铁dì tiěHSK 3
高铁gāo tiěHSK 3
钢铁gāng tiěHSK 5
铁路tiě lùHSK 5
斩钉截铁zhǎn dīng jié tiěHSK 6
磁铁cí tiěHSK 7-9
烙铁lào tiě
铁栅tiě zhà

Words with 锨

木锨mùxiān
锨头xiāntóu

3.

Example Sentences with 铁锨

Tā他

yòng用

tiě铁

xiān锨

zài在

huā花

yuán园

lǐ里

wā挖

le了

yī一

gè个

kēng坑

。

He dug a hole in the garden with an iron shovel.