A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect (汕頭方言音義字典) / teⁿ

跟

詐

To feign; to pretend.
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.

擋

To obstruct.
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

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.

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