View synonyms for te

te

[ tey ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Music.

or Teh

[ de ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

(in philosophical Taoism) the virtue or power inherent in a person or thing existing in harmony with the Tao.

Symbol, Chemistry.

/ tiː /

music (in tonic sol-fa) the syllable used for the seventh note or subtonic of any scale

Origin of te¹

< Chinese (Wade-Giles) te 2 , (pinyin) dé

Origin of te¹

see gamut

So Barack and Bubba are scheduled for a tê te-à -tê te today.

A little later, a third group organized in Germany; Chu Tê belonged to this group.

His personal name was Tê Ta, and he was the son of a celebrated minister of the reigning dynasty.

He knows, as does also the Tao-Tê-Ching, methods of regulating the breathing which are conducive to mental culture and long life.

The Ching-tê-ch'uan-têng-lu and other treatises give the succession of patriarchs according to the Contemplative School.

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