粵

鐵tit3窗coeng1

simp铁窗
tit3 coeng1tiě chuāng

English

  1. window with an iron grating (apartment etc)
  2. barred window of a prison cell
  3. iron window frame
  4. prison; jail

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 用鐵做材料嘅窗框
  2. 借代監獄

Examples

  • 鐵窗生涯

    prison life

  • 香港舊樓啲鐵窗好多係綠色。

    The iron window frames in Hong Kong tong lau are usually in green. ----

Sources: cc-cedict, words.hk

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