撸铁

擼鐵

lūtiě

verb

Meanings

1 to pump iron
2 to lift weights
3 to work out with weights

Characters

to stroke, to grab

Examples

HSK 6

他每天下班都去健身房撸铁。

Tā měitiān xiàbān dōu qù jiànshēnfáng lūtiě.

He hits the gym to lift weights after work every day.

HSK 7-9

想增肌就得好好撸铁。

Xiǎng zēngjī jiù děi hǎohǎo lūtiě.

If you want to bulk up you need to really pump iron.

Tips

register

Very colloquial. 撸 is a slangy verb for stroking or manipulating something with the hand (also in 撸猫 'pet a cat', 撸串 'eat skewers'). The formal gym term is 力量训练 (strength training).

Stroke Order

撸 lū

铁 tiě