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

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竹

Bamboo.
tek ko̤;

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.

嫡

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

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.

蟋

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

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.

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特

軸

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

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.

鹿

The deer.
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.

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