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 * The consort of a man, the proper wife.
 * tek bó̤;
 * the house-mother, said by a man's children or his domestiesdomestics [sic] 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.


 * Moral excellence; virtue; goodness; to benefit others.
 * jin-tek;
 * beneficence.
 * 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 oûangbûang [sic] 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.
 * 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.


 * To employ in office; to promote to place.
 * cū sĭ i têk ēng i;
 * it was he who selected him for the position.
 * 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.


 * To manage; to attend to; happened.
 * têk-jît;
 * the day on which a certain officer is in charge.
 * 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.


 * Alone, single, separately, special, purposely.
 * put têk;
 * not only.
 * not only.


 * put têk sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * not 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.


 * 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.
 * 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?


 * 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.
 * 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.


 * The deer.
 * têk nêk;
 * venison.
 * 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 deardeer [sic].


 * 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.


 * A fife or flute.
 * pûn hûeⁿ-têk;
 * play the flute.
 * play the flute.


 * so-têk;
 * a Soochow flute.