臭豆腐

Chinese

		sense of smell; smell bad; stench sense of smell; smell bad; stench; stink; smelly; to smell (bad)	tofu; bean curd; any food with tofu-like physical quality
trad. (臭豆腐)		臭	豆腐
simp. #(臭豆腐)		臭	豆腐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chòudòufu

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄡˋ ㄉㄡˋ ˙ㄈㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cau³ dau⁶ fu⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhàu-tāu-hū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chòudòufu
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄡˋ ㄉㄡˋ ˙ㄈㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chòudòufů
    • Wade–Giles: chʻou⁴-tou⁴-fu⁵
    • Yale: chòu-dòu-fu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chowdow.fu
    • Palladius: чоудоуфу (čoudoufu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ toʊ̯⁵¹ fu¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cau³ dau⁶ fu⁶
    • Yale: chau dauh fuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsau³ dau⁶ fu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ceo³ deo⁶ fu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯³³ tɐu̯²² fuː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhàu-tāu-hū
    • Tâi-lô: tshàu-tāu-hū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhao'dauxhu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰau²¹⁻⁵³ tau²²⁻²¹ hu²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tau⁴¹⁻²² hu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰau²¹⁻⁵³ tau²²⁻²¹ hu²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰau¹¹⁻⁵³ tau³³⁻¹¹ hu³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰau²¹⁻⁴¹ tau³³⁻²¹ hu³³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 臭豆腐

1. stinky tofu

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
臭	豆	腐
しゅう Grade: S	とう > どう Grade: 3	ふ Grade: S
kan’on

Alternative spelling
臭豆腐 (kyūjitai)

臭豆腐 (shūdōfu): a street vendor frying up black stinky tofu in Changsha, Hunan.

Etymology

From Chinese 臭豆腐 (chòudòufu). Analyzable as a compound of 臭 (shū, “stink, stench”) +‎ 豆腐 (tōfu, “tofu”). The tōfu changes to dōfu as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕɨᵝːdo̞ːɸɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

臭(しゅう)豆(どう)腐(ふ) • (shūdōfu) 

1. stinky tofu