What is the English word for ‘teh’?

Posted on August 22nd, 2005 by Lilian  •  Filed under: Uncategorized

I mean ‘teh’ (Cantonese) as in manja.

I can’t seem to find an appropriate word in English to describe this very fine art of errr…seduction?

Please input and I am gonna write the Fine Art of Teh-ing real soon. Since I don’t have a daughter to teach so I might as well do a good deed to humanity in general.

Teh….

Whine? No.

Purr? No.

What?




21 Responses to “What is the English word for ‘teh’?”

  1. Andy, on August 22nd, 2005 at 1:53 am Said:

    Erm… Affectionate? Cuddly?

  2. Eliar, on August 22nd, 2005 at 2:33 am Said:

    Clingy?

  3. andycjw, on August 22nd, 2005 at 3:15 am Said:

    coquettish
    Merriam-Webster: a woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men

  4. Willwolf, on August 22nd, 2005 at 3:29 am Said:

    Coquettish sounds so squarish le. Even sounds like “Cold cat fish”. Teh-ing sounds better. Hahaha.

  5. Eliar, on August 22nd, 2005 at 4:32 am Said:

    Clingy.

  6. jimmy, on August 22nd, 2005 at 6:18 am Said:

    seducting with style.
    okok, clingy is a more accurate representation but it still can’t be used to describe the affection and passion of teh-ing.

    like clinging?

    some words are just not cross-cultural friendly.

  7. Yvy, on August 22nd, 2005 at 9:27 am Said:

    uuhhhmmm…..mushy?

  8. PERCOLATOR, on August 22nd, 2005 at 10:31 am Said:

    COY

  9. dannyFoo, on August 22nd, 2005 at 10:48 am Said:

    Hmm..I’d normally use attention seeker.

  10. S-Kay, on August 22nd, 2005 at 10:52 am Said:

    I dun think it’s clingy.

    Teh is like someone going “alah…yehh…mou kam lah…balablablablablabla” in that manja kinda voice.

    But I dunno what’s the word in English lah =P

  11. q, on August 22nd, 2005 at 10:54 am Said:

    clingy – don’t think so, as ‘manja’ sometimes certainly could be endearing as well, don’t you think?

    i don’t actually know what ‘teh’ means. is it to describe the affections of a female only? you could use ‘manja’ for a child, or even a cat for example (uhh but i hate manja-type cats blehh, not a cat person ;-)

    hehe – question of the day!

  12. Kyels, on August 22nd, 2005 at 10:58 am Said:

    Clingy is more approriate cause it sounds better but however, I do agree with that word Coquettish though.

    Cheers!

  13. doc, on August 22nd, 2005 at 11:05 am Said:

    I use ‘ahkuaness’.

  14. PeNNyPupZ, on August 22nd, 2005 at 12:11 pm Said:

    yeah i agree totally with doc.. well we just discovered that he’s an ahkua.. so yeah u gotta trust him :P

  15. egghead, on August 22nd, 2005 at 12:27 pm Said:

    should be “meow…”

  16. q, on August 22nd, 2005 at 1:21 pm Said:

    what about:

    http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=endearing

  17. Lilian, on August 22nd, 2005 at 5:54 pm Said:

    Wah….so many choices. I think better stick to ‘teh’ and manja. Promise to write about teh soon.

  18. Sugu, on August 22nd, 2005 at 6:23 pm Said:

    teh = my wife :)

  19. Rocky Si Tolol, on August 23rd, 2005 at 2:10 pm Said:

    “HORNY” ?
    I don’t know but I always heard “teh” female on some web site said: ” em… I am so horny…”

  20. lynnee, on August 24th, 2005 at 1:43 pm Said:

    flirty?

    or perhaps affectionate?

  21. 5xmom » What makes a good ‘teh’? (coquettish), on September 3rd, 2005 at 1:37 am Said:

    [...] This is a follow-up from my ‘teh’ post and the Facts of Life. [...]

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