เต็ก(dtèk)
Meanings
1NounA2
steak
steak (informal, clipped from สเต็กสเต็กsà-dték1steak (slice of meat/fish)2CL: ชิ้น)
Examples
วันนี้wan néeวันนี้wan née1today (time of speech)2today; this day3nowadays; these days (informal)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)อยากyàakอยากyàak1[to] want; desire2to crave; to long forกินginกินgin1[to] eat2[to] drink (colloquial/with some nouns)3[to] consume; use up4[to be] corrosive; erode5[to] take (a bribe); pocketเต็กdtèkเต็กdtèk1steak2traditional Chinese scale3Chinese steelyard scale
Today I want to eat steak.
2NounC2
traditional Chinese scale
a traditional Chinese weighing scale with a suspended tray and a sliding weight on a beam
Examples
ซินแสsin săeซินแสsin săe1feng shui/astrology master; fortune-teller2traditional Chinese doctor3Chinese teacher (archaic)ใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] order; command (someone to do) [colloq.]5be acceptable/valid; okay [set phrase]ตาชั่งdtaa chângตาชั่งdtaa chângweighing scale; balanceเต็กdtèkเต็กdtèk1steak2traditional Chinese scale3Chinese steelyard scaleชั่งน้ำหนักchâng nám-nàkชั่งน้ำหนักchâng nám-nàk1[to] weigh (on a scale)2[to] weigh (options); consider pros and cons3weigh-in (event)สมุนไพรจีนsà-mŭn-prai jeenสมุนไพรจีนsà-mŭn-prai jeenChinese herbsจัดยาjàt yaaจัดยาjàt yaa[to] prepare/dispense medicineให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] have [sb] do; cause to3for (benefit of)4so that; in order to5until; to the point that (result)6[to] allow; let; permitลูกค้าlûuk-káaลูกค้าlûuk-káa1customer; client2regular customer; patronอย่างแม่นยำyàang mâen-yamอย่างแม่นยำyàang mâen-yamaccurately; precisely; exactly
The traditional Chinese doctor uses a 'tek' scale to accurately weigh Chinese herbs and prepare medicine for the customer.
3VerbC2
Chinese steelyard scale
a traditional Chinese weighing scale with a beam and a sliding weight
Examples
คุณkunคุณkun1you (polite)2Mr.; Ms.; Mrs. (title)3quality; virtue; meritยังคงyang kongยังคงyang kongstill; [to] remain; [to] continue to be/have/doเห็นhĕnเห็นhĕn1[to] see2[to] notice; [to] realize; [to] find (that)3[to] think; [to] be of the opinion4[to] consider; [to] regard asคนขายkon kăaiคนขายkon kăai1seller; vendor; salesperson2the seller (party to a transaction)เนื้อnéuuaเนื้อnéuua1meat; flesh2muscle/meat (by cut or quality)3texture; grain (surface of materials)4content; substantive matter5core/body of an object6human body (skin and flesh)7body; flesh (of a person/animal)8classifier: pieces of meatรุ่นเก่าrûn gàoรุ่นเก่าrûn gào1older model; previous version2older-generation (model/version)3old‑school; traditionalใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] order; command (someone to do) [colloq.]5be acceptable/valid; okay [set phrase]ตาชั่งdtaa chângตาชั่งdtaa chângweighing scale; balanceเต็กdtèkเต็กdtèk1steak2traditional Chinese scale3Chinese steelyard scaleแบบbàepแบบbàep1model; pattern; design; template2style; type; kind; manner3form; questionnaire4in a ... way; -ly (pre-head adverbial marker)5prototype; sampleตุ้มdtûmตุ้มdtûm1weight; sinker; plumb bob2cluster; bunch (hanging, esp. fruit/flowers)3round; plump; chubby4[to] ball up; make into a lumpเลื่อนlêuuanเลื่อนlêuuan1[to] slide; move along; move (something) smoothly2[to] postpone; delay3[to] be promoted; advance4[to] scroll5[to] shift; move (time/place)ตามdtaamตามdtaam1[to] follow; go after2[to] comply with; abide by; obey3according to; in accordance with4along; along (a path); following (direction)5after; behind; in pursuit of6as; in the capacity of (ตามที่/ตามฐานะ)ตลาดสดdtà-làat sòtตลาดสดdtà-làat sòtfresh food marketดั้งเดิมdâng-dermดั้งเดิมdâng-derm1original; from the beginning2traditional; customaryได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)
You can still see old-generation butchers using a 'tek' scale with a sliding weight in traditional fresh markets.