撸铁

擼鐵

lūtiě

verb

Meanings

1 to pump iron (colloquial)
2 to lift weights
3 to work out with weights

Characters

to stroke, to grab (slang)

Examples

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.

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