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Meaning
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Adjective
Having a temporary loss of feeling in a part of the body due to cold or pressure.
vi Đôi bàn tay tôi đã bị tê cứng vì thời tiết quá lạnh.
en My hands have become numb because the weather is too cold.
Pronoun
(Central Vietnamese dialect) That, yonder; a word used to point to a person or thing far from both the speaker and the listener.
vi Anh hãy nhìn cái nhà tê kìa.
en Look at that house over there.
Noun
The name of the letter T in the Latin script when used in the Vietnamese language.
vi Chữ tê là một trong những chữ cái thường dùng trong tiếng Việt.
en The letter T is one of the commonly used letters in Vietnamese.
A large wild animal with very thick skin and one or two horns on its nose.
vi Sừng tê là mặt hàng bị cấm buôn bán trên toàn thế giới.
en Rhinoceros horn is an item prohibited from trade worldwide.