Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/te
te
- ám tè ta;
- drain off all the water from the rice.
- tè tīo pho̤h;
- pour off the liquid and leave the dregs.
- khîeh kò̤ pò lâi tè tīo i kâi pho̤h;
- take a cloth and strain out its dregs.
- tê câng;
- the tea plant.
- tê hîeh;
- tea leaves.
- tê bí;
- dry tea.
- cîah tê;
- drink tea.
- chong tê;
- infuse tea.
- cò̤ tê;
- make tea.
- pû tê;
- boil water and make tea.
- tê ceng; tê pue;
- tea-cups.
- tê kẁn;
- tea-pot.
- tê pûaⁿ;
- a tea tray.
- tê sói;
- a bowl for rinsing tea-cups.
- tê au;
- a covered tea-cup.
- tê lô;
- a small furnace for heating water to make tea.
- tê ue;
- a tea-kettle.
- tê tĭen;
- a mat under a tea-pot.
- tê kŭ;
- a tea set.
- tê cûn;
- a boat-shaped saucer.
- tê kí;
- a tea-pot.
- tê hû;
- a large metal tea-pot.
- tê tháng;
- a cushioned tea-pot.
- tê pău;
- tall tea-pot.
- tê bí kẁn;
- a tea caddy.
- tê tû;
- a cupboard for tea things.
- cêk phàu tê;
- a drawing of tea.
- tê ca;
- tea leaves left after infusion.sai tê; pour the tea.
- tò̤ ceng tê lâi;
- pour out a cup of tea.
- khâng tê lâi;
- bring the tea.
- tê kẃn; tê kṳ;
- a tea saloon.
- tê pâng;
- a reception room.
- tê phò; tê lîm;
- a tea-shop;
- tê hu;
- the sticks and stems forming the refuse of tea.
- chá tê;
- to fire tea.
- pùe tê;
- to dry tea over a slow fire.
- tê hue;
- the camelia.
- tê îu;
- tea oil.
- tê-cí-kho;
- a cake made of tea seeds, used as is soap.
- tê sieⁿ;
- tea chest.
- taⁿ tê tàⁿ;
- the porterage of tea.
- chì tê;
- to test tea.
- táng cîah ceng tê lío;
- wait and take a cup of tea.
- tê kheh;
- a tea buyer.
- tê sṳ;
- tea inspector.
- khî céng tê;
- rare sorts of tea.
- mîaⁿ câng tê;
- a famous tea plant.
- mîaⁿ céng tê;
- a renowned variety of the tea plant.
- o-lêng tê;
- oolong tea.
- síe céng tê;
- the small or dwarf tea-plant.
- tōa-pue tê; kang-hu tê;
- common sorts of tea.
- cío chùi tê; n̂g tê;
- two sorts of tea grown near Swatow.
- kûiⁿ suaⁿ tê;
- the tea grown on high mountains.
- lăi suaⁿ tê;
- tea from the interior.
- îeh tê;
- medicated tea.
- tê ngî;
- a bonus.
- sàng i bói tê;
- gave him a small extra fee.
- tê pau;
- bundles of tea.
- khîeh kò̤ píaⁿ lâi phùe tê;
- take a biscuit with your tea.
- i kâi tê sĭ ŭ ín kâi;
- his tea is a neccessity with him.
- tê kâi hiang thâu hó̤ căi;
- the tea has a very fine aroma.
- cí phàu tê chong chut lâi ceng mīn hó̤;
- when this tea is steeped there is a fine aroma from the surface of the cup.
- tê-ceng tói;
- the aroma of the cup after the tea is drunk from it.
- cí phàu tê ŭ âu tói;
- this tea leaves an agreeable taste in the mouth.
- cí phàu tê kâi hiang cū cheng;
- this tea has an unmixed odor.
- tê khǹg kú sit hiang;
- tea loses its odor if long kept.
- tê cúi chong chut lâi bô̤ mih sek;
- the tea has but little color when steeped.
- tê lô̤h kău cē;
- put in tea enough to make a stronger infusion.
- i phêng-sî sĭ cîah kău tê;
- he is in the habit of taking strong tea.
- lô̤h cêk phàu hó̤ kâi tê lâi chong;
- put in a drawing of the best tea and steep it.
- cí kâi nâng lău-káng- kìu cîah tê;
- this is an old and discriminating tea drinker.
- tê pho̤h;
- the brown coating which forms on the inside of the tea-pot.
- sin tê; lău tê;
- new tea and old tea.
- kū tê hîeh lok tīo;
- rinse out the tea 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 tê, 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.