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Syringe, cūi chék.

Syrup, tòng cáik; tòng cūi.

System, huák; ché̤ṳ sê̤ṳ; huák dô; puō diô.



Table, dó̤h: round or semicircular –, nguŏk dó̤h: oblong –, siēu iĕu dó̤h set the –, bà̤ dó̤h: – cloth, dó̤h dáu.

Tablet, bà̤ bà̤: ancestral –, bà̤ tó̤; sìng cṳ̄ bà̤: stone –, bĭ; siŏh bĭ.

Taciturn, hêng.

Tack, N. dĭng giāng: V. déng: – as a boat, kău hióng.

Tackle, gă-sĭ.

Tact, tàu dàng mūi̤ kiéu.

Tactics, ū ngiê.

Tael, līong.

Taffeta, gióng.

Tail, mūi̤: cue, tàu-huók-biêng.

Tailor, ĭ-siòng să hô; còi pùng.

Taint, niēng.

Take, dò̤; niĕng: – away,  kó̤: – with tongs, pincers or chopsticks, giék: – care of, ciéu gó: – care! sá̤-nê: – hold of, niăh: – by force, giòng ciéng: – on trial, ché ê̤ṳng: – a fort, dŏk páu dài: – an inventory, dēng huó: – along with one, dái: – cold,  hŭng: the air, liòng hŭng: – a disease, dáik bâng: – firefire, [sic] chié nié: – a wife, tō̤-chĭng: – off, as clothes, táung: – off, as a ring, lăk: – leave of one's friends, cáuk biĕk: – things without leave, lŭ tĭ: – along with tea, puói dà: – care of one's health, bō̤ dê̤ṳng sĭng tā̤: – upon one's self, cê̤ṳ ciō é: – an opportunity, téng gĭ huôi.