納豆

See also: 纳豆

Chinese

		to accept; to pay (taxes, etc.)	bean; sacrificial vessel
trad. (納豆)		納	豆
simp. (纳豆)		纳	豆

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 納豆 (nattō).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nàdòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄚˋ ㄉㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naap⁶ dau^6-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nàdòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄚˋ ㄉㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nàdòu
    • Wade–Giles: na⁴-tou⁴
    • Yale: nà-dòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nahdow
    • Palladius: надоу (nadou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nä⁵¹⁻⁵³ toʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naap⁶ dau^6-2
    • Yale: naahp dáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naap⁹ dau^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: nab⁶ deo^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːp̚² tɐu̯²²⁻³⁵/

Noun

納豆

1. natto

Japanese

納豆 (nattō): a small bowl of natto, or fermented soybeans.

Kanji in this term
納	豆
なっ Grade: 6	とう Grade: 3
kan’yōon	kan’on

Etymology

Possibly by extension from 納所 (nassho, “temple office for receiving donations”), and originally meaning beans (豆) from or in the 納所.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) なっと​ー [nàttóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [na̠t̚to̞ː]

Noun

納(なっ)豆(とう) • (nattō) ^{←なふとう (nafutou)?}

1. natto (a traditional Japanese food product made from fermented soybeans)

Idioms

Idioms

• 納(なっ)豆(とう)も豆(まめ)なら豆(とう)腐(ふ)も豆(まめ) (nattō mo mame nara tōfu mo mame): "if nattō is also beans, then tōfu is also beans" → a metaphor for how the same starting point can produce different results

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 納(なっ)豆(とう)烏(え)帽(ぼ)子(し) (nattō eboshi): common alternate word for 折烏帽子 (ori eboshi), a type of 烏帽子 (eboshi, “traditional Japanese formal black peaked hat”)
• 納(なっ)豆(とう)菌(きん) (nattō kin): Bacillus subtilis var. natto
• 納(なっ)豆(とう)汁(じる) (nattō jiru): a type of miso soup made with ground nattō, commonly served in winter
• 納(なっ)豆(とう)売(う)り (nattō uri): a nattō seller
• 納(なっ)豆(とう)肥(ごえ) (nattōgoe): a type of fertilizer made from fermented and composted soybeans, commonly used to fertilize tea bushes

See also

• ねばねば (nebaneba): sticky, gooey (used to describe the texture of things such as nattō and okra)