squeeze

I have been looking for the character for squeeze or to press down in Teochew.  You can hear the chef saying dêⁿ6 in this video.  None of my Teochew dictionaries has listed the dêⁿ6 character. I have used the same character as what Mogher has used.

dên6 榨

to squeeze, to squeeze out, to press

ya1bian3 壓扁｜压扁

We have other words to mean press and these are rih4 襵 dêh4 壓 and iab4 壓

However, as for squeeze we say dêⁿ6.

In that clip in the above video, the chef said so1 iⁿ5 dêⁿ6 biⁿ2 挱丸榨扁

So why did the subtitles in the video write iⁿ5 as 圓 ? 圓 means round and 丸 means little round balls. Both of these two characters are homophones and too many of our people in homeland get confuse between these two characters. During Winter Solstice Festival, our people often write ziah8 iⁿ5 as 食圓 and they should have written 食丸 .

The chef could have said rih4 instead of dêⁿ6 and these two words have the same meaning. 

biⁿ2 means flat

If you have seen the dêⁿ6 character, please share in the comment section below.