豆腐

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dòufu

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄡˋ ㄈㄨ˙

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dau⁶ fu⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): tāu-hū
• Wu (WT Romanisation): deu vu (T3); deu hhu (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: dòufu
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄡˋ ㄈㄨ˙
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dow.fu
    • IPA ^(key): /toʊ̯⁵¹ fu¹/

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: dau⁶ fu⁶
    • Yale: dauh fuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dau⁶ fu⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /tɐu̯²² fuː²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāu-hū
    • Tâi-lô: tāu-hū
    • IPA (Taipei): /taʊ³³⁻¹¹ hu³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /taʊ²²⁻²¹ hu²²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: deu vu (T3); deu hhu (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /d̻ɜ²² v̻ɯ⁴⁴/, /d̻ɜ²² ɦɯ⁴⁴/

Noun

豆腐

1. tofu, bean curd

Derived terms

• 吃豆腐
• 臭豆腐
• 刀子嘴豆腐心
• 麻婆豆腐

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (豆腐):

•  Japanese: 豆腐 (とうふ, tōfu)
•  Korean: 두부 (豆腐, dubu)
•  Vietnamese: tàu hủ (豆腐)

Others

• Burmese: တိုဟူး (tuihu:) (borrowed)
• Indonesian: tahu (id)
• Thai: เต้าหู้ (taohu)

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Japanese

Seasoned cubes of tofu

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

豆腐 (hiragana とうふ, romaji tōfu)

1. tofu, bean curd
2. (computing) a substitute square displayed in place of an unassigned or unknown character.

Compounds

• 絹漉し豆腐 (きぬごしどうふ, kinugoshidōfu) silken tofu, soft tofu
• 木綿豆腐 (もめんどうふ, momendōfu) cotton tofu, hard tofu
• 凍み豆腐 (しみどうふ, shimidōfu) dried tofu

• 焼き豆腐 (やきどうふ, yakidōfu) seared tofu
• 湯豆腐 (ゆどうふ, yudōfu) a cuisine of simmered tofu
• 豆腐よう, 豆腐餻 (とうふよう, tōfuyō) a fermented tofu of Okinawa

Related terms

• 豆乳 (とうにゅう, tōnyū) soy milk

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Korean

Hanja in this word
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"