# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/tek
### tek

* 的tek9001063
* Real, evident, clear.

#### tek-tàng;

    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.
* 竹tek951180
* 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tek9013811
* 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tek8716012
* 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tek80414211

#### 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têk836414
* 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.
* 值têk5998
* To manage; to attend to; happened.

#### têk-jît;

    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.
* 特têk872936
* Alone, single, separately, special, purposely.

#### put têk;

    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.
* 軸têk961595
* 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têk9026611
* 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têk5621980
* 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.
* 笛têk9021185
* A fife or flute.

#### pûn hûeⁿ-têk;

    play the flute.

#### so-têk;

    a Soochow flute.