豆腐

Chinese

		bean; sacrificial vessel	decay; rotten
simp. and trad. (豆腐)		豆	腐
anagram		腐豆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): dòufu, dòufǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄡˋ ˙ㄈㄨ, ㄉㄡˋ ㄈㄨˇ

  (Chengdu, SP): dou⁴ fu³

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dau⁶ fu⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): theu-fu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): têu⁴ fu⁴

• Min Dong (BUC): dâu^→dâ-hô^→hâu
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): tāu-hū

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dao⁷ hu⁷

• Wu (Wiktionary): deu vu (T3); deu hhu (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: dòufu
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄡˋ ˙ㄈㄨ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dow.fu
    • IPA ^(key): /toʊ̯⁵¹ fu¹/
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  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: dòufǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄡˋ ㄈㄨˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dowfuu
    • IPA ^(key): /toʊ̯⁵¹ fu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: dou⁴ fu³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: doufu
    • IPA ^(key): /təu²¹³ fu⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: dau⁶ fu⁶
    • Yale: dauh fuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dau⁶ fu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: deo⁶ fu⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /tɐu̯²² fuː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: theu-fu
    • Hakka Romanization System: teu fu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: teu⁴ fu⁴
    • IPA: /tʰe̯u⁵⁵ fu⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: têu⁴ fu⁴
    • IPA: /tʰeu⁵³⁻⁵⁵ fu⁵³/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dâu^→dâ-hô^→hâu
    • IPA ^(key): /ta²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(h-)ɑu²⁴²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāu-hū
    • Tâi-lô: tāu-hū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dauxhu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /taʊ²²⁻²¹ hu²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /taʊ⁴¹⁻²² hu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /taʊ²²⁻²¹ hu²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /taʊ³³⁻¹¹ hu³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /taʊ³³⁻²¹ hu³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dao⁷ hu⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tāu hū
    • IPA ^(key): /tau¹¹ hu¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: deu vu (T3); deu hhu (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /d̻ɜ²² v̻v̩ʷ⁴⁴/, /d̻ɜ²² ɦv̩ʷ⁴⁴/

Noun

豆腐

1. tofu; bean curd (Classifier: 塊／块 m c; 嚿／𫩥 c; 磚／砖 c)

Usage notes

• In some food names – e.g. 魚豆腐／鱼豆腐 and 杏仁豆腐 (xìngrén dòufu) – 豆腐 is used as a metaphor of the appearence, not an indicator of the ingredient of the food.

Synonyms

• (obsolete) 豆脯, 菽乳

Derived terms

Derived terms from 豆腐

• 冬瓜豆腐
• 凍豆腐／冻豆腐
• 刀切豆腐
• 刀子嘴豆腐心 (dāozi zuǐ dòufu xīn)
• 刀子嘴，豆腐心
• 吃豆腐 (chī dòufu)
• 呃鬼食豆腐
• 杏仁豆腐 (xìngrén dòufu)
• 水豆腐
• 沒肉也有四兩豆腐／没肉也有四两豆腐
• 炸豆腐丸子
• 磨豆腐 (mò dòufu)
• 糟豆腐
• 老豆腐 (lǎodòufu)
• 臭豆腐 (chòudòufu)
• 血豆腐 (xuèdòufu)
• 豆腐乳 (dòufurǔ)
• 豆腐乾／豆腐干 (dòufugān)
• 豆腐刀
• 豆腐嘴，刀子心
• 豆腐囝
• 豆腐婆
• 豆腐官
• 豆腐心
• 豆腐棗／豆腐枣

• 豆腐泡 (dòufupāo)
• 豆腐渣 (dòufuzhā)
• 豆腐漿／豆腐浆 (dòufujiāng)
• 豆腐皮 (dòufupí)
• 豆腐箸
• 豆腐腦／豆腐脑 (dòufunǎo)
• 豆腐膶／豆腐𬂀
• 豆腐花 (dòufuhuā)
• 豆腐蠣／豆腐蛎
• 豆腐衣
• 豆腐西施
• 豆腐飯／豆腐饭
• 豆腐鯊／豆腐鲨
• 賣豆腐／卖豆腐
• 酸黃虀爛豆腐／酸黄虀烂豆腐
• 醬豆腐／酱豆腐 (jiàngdòufu)
• 釀豆腐／酿豆腐 (niàngdòufu)
• 關公賣豆腐／关公卖豆腐
• 關王賣豆腐／关王卖豆腐
• 食豆腐
• 馬尾中鬃豆腐／马尾中鬃豆腐
• 馬尾兒穿豆腐／马尾儿穿豆腐
• 鹹菜燒豆腐／咸菜烧豆腐
• 麻婆豆腐 (mápó dòufu)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (豆腐):

• Japanese: 豆 (とう)腐 (ふ) (tōfu)
• Korean: 두부 (豆腐, dubu)
• Vietnamese: đậu hủ (豆腐), đậu phụ (豆腐)

Others:

Descendants of 豆腐 in other languages

• → Amis: tawhu, tawho
• → Bouyei: duehfuh
• → Burmese: တိုဟူး (tuihu:)
• → Cebuano: taho
• → Indonesian: tahu (via Min Nan), tofu (via Japanese)

• → Khmer: តៅហ៊ូ (tawhuu)
• → Lao: ເຕົາຮູ້ (tao hū)
• → Malay: tauhu
• → Russian: то́фу (tófu)
• → Saisiyat: tawho:

• → Sichuan Yi: ꄔꃛ (dut fup)
• → Tagalog: taho
• → Thai: เต้าหู้ (dtâo-hûu)
• → Vietnamese: tàu hủ (“tofu pudding”) (Southern), tào phớ (“tofu pudding”) (Northern)
• → Zhuang: daeuhfouh

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Japanese

豆腐 (tōfu): seasoned cubes of tofu.

Kanji in this term
豆	腐
とう Grade: 3	ふ Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 豆腐 (MC dəu^H bɨo^X, literally “bean + curdled”). Compare modern Mandarin reading dòufu.

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) とーふ [tòófú] (Heiban – [0])
  • (Tokyo) とーふ​ [tòófúꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
  • IPA^(key): [to̞ːɸɯ̟ᵝ]

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Noun

豆腐 (hiragana とうふ, rōmaji tōfu)

1. tofu, bean curd
2. (computing) tofu, an empty rectangle displayed by some systems in place of a character not supported by available fonts.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 絹 (きぬ)漉 (ご)し豆 (どう)腐 (ふ) (kinugoshidōfu): silken tofu, soft tofu
• 木 (も)綿 (めん)豆 (どう)腐 (ふ) (momendōfu): cotton tofu, hard tofu
• 凍 (し)み豆 (どう)腐 (ふ) (shimidōfu): dried tofu
• 焼 (や)き豆 (どう)腐 (ふ) (yakidōfu): seared tofu
• 湯 (ゆ)豆 (どう)腐 (ふ) (yudōfu): a cuisine of simmered tofu
• 豆 (とう)腐 (ふ)餻 (よう) (tōfuyō): a fermented tofu of Okinawa
• 豆 (とう)腐 (ふ)化 (ば)け (tōfubake): a form of corrupted text display, where code points that are not included in the current font are instead displayed with empty rectangles that resemble blocks of tofu

Related terms

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• 苦汁 (にがり) (nigari): bittern, brine salt used as a coagulant in making tofu
• 豆 (とう)乳 (にゅう) (tōnyū): soy milk

Descendants

Descendants of 豆腐 in other languages

• → Czech: tofu
• → English: tofu
• → Finnish: tofu

• → French: tofu
• → Indonesian: tofu
• → Italian: tofu

• → Portuguese: tofu
• → Spanish: tofu

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Korean

Hanja in this term
豆	腐

Noun

豆腐 • (dubu) (hangeul 두부)

1. Hanja form^? of 두부 (“tofu”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
豆	腐

Noun

豆腐

1. Hán tự form of đậu hủ or đậu phụ, "tofu"