Magnet in Chinese (Mandarin): 磁铁 (cítiě)
磁铁
cítiě
magnet
- Simplified
- 磁铁
- Traditional
- 磁鐵
- Pinyin
- cítiě
- Typed as
- citie
Use it in a sentence
磁铁能吸住小铁钉。
磁鐵能吸住小鐵釘。
A magnet can pull in small iron nails.
The characters in 磁铁
磁
Magnetic. 石 (stone) is on the left: magnets were found as stones.
14 strokes
铁 / 鐵
Iron. 钅 (metal) is on the left.
10 strokes
磁铁 is "magnetic iron". Magnets stick to iron but not to wood or plastic.
More examples with 磁铁
磁铁贴在冰箱上。
磁鐵貼在冰箱上。
Cítiě tiē zài bīngxiāng shang.
The magnet sticks to the fridge.
磁铁能吸起回形针。
磁鐵能吸起回形針。
Cítiě néng xī qǐ huíxíngzhēn.
A magnet can pick up paper clips.
How to write 磁铁 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
磁 14 strokes
铁 10 strokes
In Traditional characters:
鐵 21 strokes
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