铁器 (tiěqì): ironware

Meanings

1 ironware
2 iron tools
3 iron implements

Characters

铁

Examples

铁器时代是人类历史上的重要阶段。

Tiěqì shídài shì rénlèi lìshǐ shàng de zhòngyào jiēduàn.

The Iron Age was an important stage in human history.

博物馆里展出了许多古代铁器。

Bówùguǎn lǐ zhǎnchūle xǔduō gǔdài tiěqì.

The museum displays many ancient iron implements.

Tips

culture

铁器时代 (Iron Age) in China is conventionally dated to the late Spring and Autumn period (around the 6th century BCE), later than in the Mediterranean — China's Bronze Age (青铜器时代) was unusually long and sophisticated, so iron arrived as a working metal rather than a status one.