| 1 | 铁 | 鐵 | tiě | tie3 | iron (metal); arms; weapons; hard; strong; violent; unshakeable; determined; close; tight (slang); surname Tie | | |
| 2 | 铁路 | 鐵路 | tiě lù | tie3 lu4 | railroad; railway; Classifiers: 条 | | |
| 3 | 铁匠 | 鐵匠 | tiě jiang | tie3 jiang5 | blacksmith; ironworker | | |
| 4 | 铁矿 | 鐵礦 | tiě kuàng | tie3 kuang4 | iron ore; iron ore mine | | |
| 5 | 铁器 | 鐵器 | tiě qì | tie3 qi4 | hardware; ironware | | |
| 6 | 铁丝 | 鐵絲 | tiě sī | tie3 si1 | iron wire; Classifiers: 根 | | |
| 7 | 铁矿石 | 鐵礦石 | tiě kuàng shí | tie3 kuang4 shi2 | iron ore | | |
| 8 | 铁木真 | 鐵木真 | tiě mù zhēn | Tie3 mu4 zhen1 | Temujin, birth name of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗 | | |
| 9 | 铁三 | 鐵三 | tiě sān | tie3 san1 | triathlon | | |
| 10 | 铁嘴沙鸻 | 鐵嘴沙鴴 | tiě zuǐ shā héng | tie3 zui3 sha1 heng2 | (bird species of China) greater sand plover (Charadrius leschenaultii) | | |
| 11 | 铁道部 | 鐵道部 | tiě dào bù | Tie3 dao4 bu4 | Ministry of Railways (MOR), disbanded in 2013 with its regulatory functions taken over by the Ministry of Transport 交通运输部 | | |
| 12 | 铁打的衙门,流水的官 | 鐵打的衙門,流水的官 | tiě dǎ de yá men , liú shuǐ de guān | tie3 da3 de5 ya2 men5 , liu2 shui3 de5 guan1 | lit. the yamen is strong as iron, the officials flow like water (idiom); fig. government officials come and go | | |
| 13 | 铁打 | 鐵打 | tiě dǎ | tie3 da3 | made of iron; strong as iron | | |
| 14 | 铁达尼号 | 鐵達尼號 | tiě dá ní hào | Tie3 da2 ni2 Hao4 | RMS Titanic, British passenger liner that sank in 1912 (Tw); PRC equivalent: 泰坦尼克号 | | |
| 15 | 铁定 | 鐵定 | tiě dìng | tie3 ding4 | unalterable; certainly; definitely | | |
| 16 | 铁东 | 鐵東 | tiě dōng | Tie3 dong1 | Tiedong district of Siping city 四平市 , Jilin | | |
| 17 | 铁杵成针 | 鐵杵成針 | tiě chǔ chéng zhēn | tie3 chu3 cheng2 zhen1 | see 磨杵成针 | | |
| 18 | 铁齿铜牙 | 鐵齒銅牙 | tiě chǐ tóng yá | tie3 chi3 tong2 ya2 | clever and eloquent speaker (idiom) | | |
| 19 | 铁齿 | 鐵齒 | tiě chǐ | tie3 chi3 | (Tw) obstinate; argumentative; opinionated; skeptical of superstitions; (Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [thih-khí]) | | |
| 20 | 铁铲 | 鐵鏟 | tiě chǎn | tie3 chan3 | Iron shovel | | |
| 21 | 铁壁铜墙 | 鐵壁銅牆 | tiě bì tóng qiáng | tie3 bi4 tong2 qiang2 | impregnable fortress (idiom) | | |
| 22 | 铁棒 | 鐵棒 | tiě bàng | tie3 bang4 | iron club; steel rod | | |
| 23 | 铁板茄子 | 鐵板茄子 | tiě bǎn qié zi | tie3 ban3 qie2 zi5 | eggplant served sizzling on a hot iron plate | | |
| 24 | 铁板牛肉 | 鐵板牛肉 | tiě bǎn niú ròu | tie3 ban3 niu2 rou4 | beef grilled on a hot iron plate | | |
| 25 | 铁板 | 鐵板 | tiě bǎn | tie3 ban3 | iron panel; hot iron plate for fast grilling (Japanese: teppan) | | |