Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/teⁿ
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teⁿ
- kha teⁿ; kha ău teⁿ;
- the heel of the foot.
- khîeh khí teⁿ;
- lift the heel.
- 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.
- 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.
- 𢯰tĕⁿ565649
- 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.