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 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 tĕ, 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.

 teⁿ


 * The heel.
 * kha teⁿ; kha ău teⁿ;
 * the heel of the foot.
 * the heel of the foot.


 * khîeh khí teⁿ;
 * lift the heel.


 * To feign; to pretend.
 * tèⁿ khàu;
 * feign weeping.
 * 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.


 * To obstruct.
 * có̤-têⁿ;
 * to put a stop to; to impede; to hinder.
 * 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.


 * To squeeze in one hand;
 * to separate the dregs from a liquid by squeezing them in a cloth with the hands.
 * 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.

teh


 * To crush; to press down upon; a weight.
 * teh kàu bih-bih;
 * crushed it flat.
 * crushed it flat.


 * teh tīo;
 * crushed out.


 * teh i sît;
 * press it down solid.


 * cṳ-cheh teh;
 * a bookweight.


 * tâng teh;
 * a brass paper-weight.


 * teh m̄ kín;
 * it does not press it down tightly.


 * chù tó̤, teh sí nâng;
 * the house fell, and crushed some people under it.


 * ôi teh tîeh nâng a bŏi?
 * Was any one crushed under it?


 * teh tăng tàⁿ;
 * crushed under a heavy burden.


 * sin-khó kâi nâng, taⁿ-taⁿ teh-teh;
 * one who has a hard lot, and is heavily burdened.


 * màiⁿ teh khah tăng;
 * do not lay on too heavy a weight.


 * hău-seⁿ kíaⁿ ŏi taⁿ ŏi teh;
 * young people can bear up under heavy burdens.

A move in chess.
 * teh kî;
 * to play chess.


 * teh bô̤ nŏ̤ pûaⁿ kî, jît cū àm;
 * before we had played two games of chess it was sundown.


 * i kâi kî teh îaⁿ i;
 * he beat him at chess.

tek


 * Real, evident, clear.
 * tek-tàng;
 * careful, exact, proper.
 * careful, exact, proper.


 * mn̄g kàu tek-tek khak-khak;
 * find out exactly by inquiry.


 * tek-tek sît-sît;
 * actually.


 * tek-sît bô̤ ké;
 * real, not pretended.


 * tek chin;
 * a blood relation.


 * Bamboo.
 * tek ko̤;
 * a bamboo pole.
 * a bamboo pole.


 * tek sún;
 * bamboo sprouts.


 * tek phŏ̤;
 * a clump of bamboos.


 * tek bîh;
 * splints.


 * tek jû;
 * the rind of the bamboo stalk.


 * tek mâk, tek cak, tek khak;
 * the sections, the joints, and the sheaths of a bamboo stalk.


 * tek póiⁿ;
 * a bamboo ferule.


 * tek chieh;
 * bamboo matting.


 * tek kho;
 * bamboo hoops.


 * tek kóng;
 * a dipper made from a section of bamboo.


 * tek tâng;
 * bamboo tubes.


 * thien-tek n̂g;
 * the powder found inside bamboo stalks, used in medicine.


 * tăⁿ-tek;
 * spiderwort.


 * tek hŭ-jin;
 * a long bamboo pillow.


 * tek sieⁿ, tek láng;
 * bamboo boxes and bags.


 * kùi tek;
 * the small glossy bamboo.


 * chì-kau tek;
 * the large thorny bamboo.