tê
Hanoi [te˧˧]Huế [tej˧˧]Saigon [tej˧˧] browser voice
Each syllable carries one of six tones; the mark on the vowel tells you which. How the six tones sound →
tê means numb.
Chinese characters: 犀
Meanings of tê in English
Adjective
- numb
- Ui da tê giò.Ouchie, my legs are numb.
Pronoun
- Central Vietnam that; there; those
- Tui muốn cái tê.I want that one.
Noun
- The name of the Latin script letter T/t. ≈ tờ
Noun
- obsolete rhinoceros ≈ tê giác
- sừng têrhino horn
Words with tê
Example sentences with tê
- Tôi chưa thấy gì ở Tê-gu-xi-gan-pa hết. I've not seen anything yet in Tegucigalpa.
- Bà tôi dạy tôi cách làm pa tê. My grandmother taught me this pâté recipe.
- Cô ấy đang đọc Đôn Ki-hô-tê lần đầu tiên. She's reading Don Quixote for the first time.
Bilingual example sentences from Tatoeba (tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR).
Historical script (chữ Nôm / Hán)
Before the Latin alphabet (chữ Quốc ngữ) became standard, tê could be written as 犀, 𤷒, 躋, 儕. Today Vietnamese is written only in the Latin alphabet.
Etymology
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 痺 (SV: ti).
Frequently asked questions
What does tê mean in English?
tê (adjective) means "numb".
How do you pronounce tê?
IPA: Hanoi [te˧˧]; Saigon [tej˧˧]. Tones: tê — level tone (ngang).
Is tê a Sino-Vietnamese word?
Yes. tê is a Sino-Vietnamese word from the Chinese characters 犀.