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dictionary of the swatow dialect.
- 嫡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.
- 德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.
- 擢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.
- 值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.
- 特têk872936
- Alone, single, separately, special, purposely.
- put têk;
- not only.
- put têk sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
- not
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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.
- 軸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?
- 敵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.
- 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.
- 笛têk9021185
- A fife or flute.
- pûn hûeⁿ-têk;
- play the flute.
- so-têk;
- a Soochow flute.
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