Chinese symbol for “triathlon”
铁人三项
tiě rén sān xiàng
Traditional: 鐵人三項
triathlon
The closest CC-CEDICT match for triathlon is 铁人三项 (tiě rén sān xiàng), defined as: triathlon.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “triathlon”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 三铁 (三鐵) | sān tiě | triathlon (Tw); (athletics) throwing events excluding the hammer throw (i.e. discus, javelin and shot put) |
| 三项 (三項) | sān xiàng | three items; three events |
| 铁三 (鐵三) | tiě sān | triathlon |
| 三项全能 (三項全能) | sān xiàng quán néng | triathlon |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 铁人三项.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 铁路 (鐵路) | tiě lù | railroad; railway |
| 地铁 (地鐵) | dì tiě | underground railway; subway; subway train |
| 钢铁 (鋼鐵) | gāng tiě | steel |
| 高铁 (高鐵) | gāo tiě | high speed rail |
| 地铁站 (地鐵站) | dì tiě zhàn | subway station |
| 铁道 (鐵道) | tiě dào | railway line; rail track |
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
| 人们 (人們) | rén men | people |
| 三星 | sān xīng | three major stars of the Three Stars 参宿 (Shēn xiù) Chinese constellation; the belt of Orion |
| 项目 (項目) | xiàng mù | item; project; (sports) event |
See also: Japanese symbol for “triathlon”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.