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dictionary of the swatow dialect.
  • tek9013811
  • The consort of a man, the proper wife.
tek bó̤;
the house-mother, said by a man's children or his domesties when speaking of his wife.
tek-cṳ́;
the sons of the wife, not those of concubines.
tek sit;
the wife and her children.
tek sù ŭ cò̤ pû tīu mēⁿ?
Do the wife and the concubines live together?
cía sĭ i kâi tek phài;
these are the descendants of his wife.
  • tek8716012
  • Moral excellence; virtue; goodness; to benefit others.
jin-tek;
beneficence.
kîaⁿ jîn-tek;
do good.
ŭ tek kâi nâng cìaⁿ kṳ tit cía hok;
he who is worthy obtains this blessing.
tâng i có-pĕ cek tek kàu taⁿ;
has been accumulating merit from the times of his ancestors until now.
i ŭ cò̤ kong-tek a bô̤?
Has he performed meritorious acts?
hía sún tek kâi sṳ̄ i m̄ cò̤;
he does not do what is a violation of the right.
tōa tek hĕng kâi nâng;
a most virtuous person.
kîaⁿ im tek;
do good secretly.
tài i kâi ṳn-tek;
experience his favor.
ṳn-tek tōa jû thiⁿ;
his liberality is broad as the universe.
m̄ káⁿ oûang i kâi tăi tek;
dare not be ungrateful for his great benefits.
tek-cêk kîp kàu ău sì;
after generations will benefit by his example.
peh-sèⁿ hùe tài tek;
the people increase in virtue.
tek-sut;
the cricket.
kă tek-sut;
to fight crickets.
lîah tek-sut; lût tek-sut;
to train crickets.
tek-sut lâng;
a cage for crickets.
tek-sut kiang-kiang-kìe;
crickets chirp.
kio tek-sut híang thâu-mn̂g cêk īeⁿ;
like a cricket sounding the note of victory before he has begun the battle.
phàu tek-sut;
to twirl a cricket on the end of a string.
  • têk836414
  • To employ in office; to promote to place.
cū sĭ i têk ēng i;
it was he who selected him for the position.
cía sĭ i a-pĕ têk ēng kâi nâng;
this is one whom his father promoted to the place.
  • têk5998
  • To manage; to attend to; happened.
têk-jît;
the day on which a certain officer is in charge.
kíaⁿ-jît lûn tîeh tī-tîang sĭ têk-jît?
Whose turn is it to take charge to-day?
kau tŏ̤ têk-jît;
delivered over to the officer in charge for the day.
  • têk872936
  • Alone, single, separately, special, purposely.
put têk;
not only.
put têk sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
not
only so.
têk-tī;
specially; on purpose.
úa sĭ têk-tī lâi kâi;
I am come with a special object.
têk-tī hàm kâi nâng khṳ̀;
sent a man purposely.
úa têk-têk lâi chūe lṳ́;
I came with no other object than that of finding you.
têk cí;
a special edict; an order given for this single purpose.
  • têk961595
  • A eulogistic scroll, suspended near a coffin before its burial.
cò̤ cêk pak têk khṳ̀ pun i;
made a scroll and presented it for use before the funeral.
i cí tńg kâi sng sṳ̄ siu ŭ kúi câp kò̤ têk;
they received several tens of eulogistic scrolls during this period of mourning before the burial.
cìeⁿ tńg khṳ̀ chíaⁿ kàu-hong kâi kàu-têk lâi a būe?
Has the scroll which they lately asked for, containing a title of nobility for deceased parents, yet arrived?
  • têk9026611
  • An opponent, an antagonist; a match, a competitor; an enemy, a foe; an equal; to withstand; to fight; to compete; to strive for mastery.
chîu-têk;
an enemy.
i hiaⁿ-tĭ-kíaⁿ jû chîu-têk hìeⁿ-seⁿ;
the brothers are at sword's points with each other.
tùi-têk;
inimical.
i m̄ káⁿ kio i tùi-têk;
she dare net oppose him.
nŏ̤ nâng tó̤ tùi-têk;
the two are antagonistic.
têk-kok;
the enemy's country.
têk tit cŭ, a têk m̄ cŭ?
Can you successfully withstand them or not?
têk-chíu;
a competitor or opponent.
kúaⁿ put têk cèng;
one alone cannot resist the many.
sì-lâk put têk;
unequaled force.
m̄ káⁿ kio i têk;
dare not compete with him.
kio i têk bô̤ îaⁿ;
is no match for him.
i têk i m̄ kùe;
she could not successfully contend against him.
sît-căi sĭ ngĕ têk;
is indeed a staunch foe.
thiⁿ ĕ bô̤ têk;
has not an equal in the world.
chiah chíu chiah têk;
violent altercation; on the point of fighting.
  • 鹿têk5621980
  • The deer.
têk nêk;
venison.
têk jông;
antlers of the deer, used in medicine.
têk kṳn;
sinews of the deer.
bûe hue têk;
the spotted deer.
phah ciah têk, pun bô̤ sì níe nêk;
when a deer is killed each hunter gets barely a quarter of a pound of meat as his share.
kīaⁿ kùe lêng têk;
more agile than a wild dear.
têk píaⁿ;
biscuits shaped like a deer's head.
têk búe pa;
deer's tails.
têk sieh hueh;
loves it as a deer loves his life.
aⁿ tîeh têk-kíaⁿ;
catch a fawn; cheat a greenhorn.
  • têk9021185
  • A fife or flute.
pûn hûeⁿ-têk;
play the flute.
so-têk;
a Soochow flute.