leaves remaining from former steepings.
tê sek;
tea color, a pale yellow.
ŭ tê sek kâi jìo-se mē?
Have you any pale brownish yellow crape?
cèng jîeh cōi câng tê?
How large a plantation of tea plants has he?
chun tĕ, chiu tê;
spring teas and autumn teas.
chái tê;
tiah tê; to gather the tea leaves.
tê cí;
tea seeds.
cêk thiap tê;
a dose of medicine in the form of an infusion.
tê châ;
wood of the tea tree, used as fuel.
tê châ thùaⁿ;
charcoal made from the wood of the tea tree.
tê thai;
a tea-pot having a strainer inside it.
chúi pû kún, thǹg tê ceng kẁn, lô̤h tê hîeh, chong lío, méⁿ-méⁿ cū sai cheng-khih: màiⁿ him tîeh, him kú cū khah siap;
when the water boils, rinse the tea-cups and tea-pot with hot water, then put in the tea, and when it is steeped, quickly pour it all out into the cups: do not let it stand long, for if it stands long it becomes too astringent in taste.
bí kam tê;
coffee made by steeping parched rice.
chái tê kua;
refrains chanted by tea-pickers.
bú-î tê;
Bohea tea. teⁿ kha teⁿ; kha ău teⁿ;
the heel of the foot.
khîeh khí teⁿ;
lift the heel. 詐 tèⁿ 4 149 5 To feign; to pretend. tèⁿ khàu;
feign weeping.
tèⁿ sí;
feign death.
tèⁿ pēⁿ;
feign illness.
tèⁿ ût;
pretend to be asleep.
tèn m̄ cai;
pretends that he does not know.
tèⁿ cùi;
pretend to be drunk.
tèⁿ cò̤ thóiⁿ-m̄-kìⁿ;
pretends that he does not see it.
tèⁿ cò̤ m̆ khṳ̀ kâi īeⁿ;
pretended that he was not going.
lṳ́ màiⁿ tŏ̤ tèⁿ sì tèⁿ ûah;
you need not pretend to be more dead than alive.
sĭ cin kâi a sĭ tèⁿ kâi?
Is it real or feigned?
tèⁿ-sí, tèⁿ-sí nē;
very artful.
tèⁿ tien tèⁿ sío;
make believe he is insane.
tèⁿ cò̤ siang hó̤;
pretended to be friends.
tèⁿ sí phŏ̤ hái-gô̤;
feign death in order to catch a pelican; counterfeit indifference in order to get something.
tèⁿ khṳ̀ nâng thóiⁿ m̄ chut;
so cleverly feigned that the deception could not be seen.
tèⁿ sieh i;
counterfeit regard.
tèⁿ àiⁿ phah i;
makes believe he is going to strike him. 擋 têⁿ 858 64 13 To obstruct. có̤-têⁿ;
to put a stop to; to impede; to hinder.
cêk lō bô có̤ bô̤ têⁿ;
no hindrance during the whole journey.
i àiⁿ khṳ̀ lîah i, sĭ khṳt úa có̤-têⁿ tīo khṳ̀;
he was going to seize it, and was stopped by me.
cē có̤-có̤ têⁿ-têⁿ cū hiah khṳ̀;
being constantly impeded it stopped.
To squeeze in one hand;
to separate the dregs from a liquid by squeezing them in a cloth with the hands.
i kâi chíu bô̤ lâk, tĕⁿ m̄ ta;
his hands are not strong enough, he cannot squeeze it dry.
tĕⁿ ta lío, pho̤h sek tīo;
when you have squeezed out all the liquid, throw away the dregs. teh 壓 teh 1069 32 14 To crush; to press down upon; a weight. teh kàu bih-bih;
crushed it flat.
teh tīo;
crushed out.
teh i sît;
press it down solid.
cṳ-cheh teh;
a bookweight.
tâng teh;
a brass paper-weight.
teh m̄ kín;
it does not press it down tightly.
chù tó̤, teh sí nâng;
the house fell, and crushed some people under it.
ôi teh tîeh nâng a bŏi?
Was any one crushed under it?
teh tăng tàⁿ;
crushed under a heavy burden.
sin-khó kâi nâng, taⁿ-taⁿ teh-teh;
one who has a hard lot, and is heavily burdened.
màiⁿ teh khah tăng;
do not lay on too heavy a weight.
hău-seⁿ kíaⁿ ŏi taⁿ ŏi teh;
young people can bear up under heavy burdens. A move in chess.
teh kî;
to play chess.
teh bô̤ nŏ̤ pûaⁿ kî, jît cū àm;
before we had played two games of chess it was sundown.
i kâi kî teh îaⁿ i;
he beat him at chess. tek 的 tek 900 106 3 Real, evident, clear. tek-tàng;
careful, exact, proper.
mn̄g kàu tek-tek khak-khak;
find out exactly by inquiry.
tek-tek sît-sît;
actually.
tek-sît bô̤ ké;
real, not pretended.
tek chin;
a blood relation. tek ko̤;
a bamboo pole.
tek sún;
bamboo sprouts.
tek phŏ̤;
a clump of bamboos.
tek bîh;
splints.
tek jû;
the rind of the bamboo stalk.
tek mâk, tek cak, tek khak;
the sections, the joints, and the sheaths of a bamboo stalk.
tek póiⁿ;
a bamboo ferule.
tek chieh;
bamboo matting.
tek kho;
bamboo hoops.
tek kóng;
a dipper made from a section of bamboo.
tek tâng;
bamboo tubes.
thien-tek n̂g;
the powder found inside bamboo stalks, used in medicine.
tăⁿ-tek;
spiderwort.
tek hŭ-jin;
a long bamboo pillow.
tek sieⁿ, tek láng;
bamboo boxes and bags.
kùi tek;
the small glossy bamboo.
chì-kau tek;
the large thorny bamboo. 