托福

See also: 託福

Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuōfú

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛ ㄈㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tok³ fuk¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thok-hok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuōfú
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛ ㄈㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuofú
    • Wade–Giles: tʻo¹-fu²
    • Yale: twō-fú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuofwu
    • Palladius: тофу (tofu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ fu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tok³ fuk¹
    • Yale: tok fūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tok⁸ fuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: tog³ fug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːk̚³ fʊk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thok-hok
    • Tâi-lô: thok-hok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tokhog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ hɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ hɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɔk̚³²⁻⁵ hɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ hɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ hɔk̚³²/

Etymology 1

		to hold in one's hand; to entrust; to support in one's palm	good fortune; happiness; luck good fortune; happiness; luck; Fujian province (abbrev.); surname
trad. (托福/託福)		托/託	福
simp. (托福)		托	福

Verb

托福

1. (polite) to be owing to (you, or your blessing); thanks to you (usually in response to a greeting)

   托您的福，一切順利。 [MSC, trad.]
   托您的福，一切顺利。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tuō nín de fú, yīqiè shùnlì. [Pinyin]

   Everything's well, thank you. [lit. thanks to your lucky influence.]

Etymology 2

		phonetic
trad. (托福)		托	福
simp. #(托福)		托	福

Phono-semantic matching of English TOEFL.

Noun

托福

1. TOEFL (English test)

   考托福  ―  kǎo tuōfú  ―  to take TOEFL