豆豉

Chinese

		bean; sacrificial vessel	salted fermented beans
simp. and trad. (豆豉)		豆	豉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): dòuchǐ, dòushì

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄡˋ ㄔˇ, ㄉㄡˋ ㄕˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): dou⁴ si¹

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): dau⁶ si⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): eu⁵ si⁵

• Gan (Wiktionary): teu⁵ si
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): theu-sṳ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): têu⁴ si⁴

• Eastern Min (BUC): dâu-siê
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tāu-sīⁿ / tāu-sī / tāu-si

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dao⁷ si⁷

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶deu-zy
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): dou⁵ shr

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dòuchǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄡˋ ㄔˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dòuchǐh
    • Wade–Giles: tou⁴-chʻih³
    • Yale: dòu-chř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dowchyy
    • Palladius: доучи (douči)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /toʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dòushì
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄡˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dòushìh
    • Wade–Giles: tou⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: dòu-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dowshyh
    • Palladius: доуши (douši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /toʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: dou⁴ si¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: dou s
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /təu²¹³ sz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dau⁶ si⁶
    • Yale: dauh sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dau⁶ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: deo⁶ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐu̯²² siː²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: eu⁵ si⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /eu³² si³²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: teu⁵ si
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɛu¹¹ sz̩¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: theu-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: teu sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: teu⁴ si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰeu̯⁵⁵ sɨ⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: têu⁴ si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰeu⁵³⁻⁵⁵ sz̩⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dâu-siê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tau²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(s-)liɛ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Hsinchu, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāu-sīⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tāu-sīnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dauxsvi
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tau³³⁻²¹ sĩ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tau³³⁻¹¹ sĩ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore): /tau²²⁻²¹ sĩ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Kinmen, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāu-sī
    • Tâi-lô: tāu-sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dauxsi
    • IPA (Kinmen): /tau²²⁻¹² si²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tau⁴¹⁻²² si⁴¹/
    • IPA (Lukang): /tau³¹⁻²² si³¹/
  • (Hokkien: Longyan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāu-si
    • Tâi-lô: tāu-si
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dauxsy
    • IPA (Longyan): /tau⁵⁵⁻³³⁴ si³³⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dao⁷ si⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tāu sī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tau¹¹ si¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶deu-zy
    • MiniDict: deu^去 zy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³deu-zr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /dɤ²² zz̩⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: dou⁵ shr
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /təu̯²¹⁻¹¹ ʂʐ̩³/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /təu̯²¹⁻¹¹ sz̩³/

Noun

豆豉

1. douchi, a food product made from salted, fermented black soybeans (Classifier: 顆／颗 m; 粒 m c)
2. (chiefly Cantonese, figurative) musical note (Classifier: 粒 c)

Synonyms

• (fermented black bean):

Dialectal synonyms of 豆豉 (“douchi; fermented black bean”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		豆豉
Mandarin	Taiwan	豆豉
	Jinan	豆豉
	Wanrong	豆糝
	Xi'an	豆豉
	Yinchuan	豆豉
	Lanzhou	豆豉
	Xining	豆豉
	Ürümqi	豆豉
	Wuhan	豆豉
	Chengdu	豆豉
	Guiyang	豆豉, 豆豉顆, 坨坨豆豉, 顆顆豆豉, 桃花豆豉, 臭豆豉
	Guilin	豆豉
	Liuzhou	豆豉
	Xuzhou	豆豉
	Nanjing	豆豉
	Singapore	豆豉
Cantonese	Guangzhou	豆豉
	Hong Kong	豆豉
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	豆豉
	Macau	豆豉
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	豆豉
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	豆豉
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	豆豉
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	豆豉
	Foshan	豆豉
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	豆豉
	Foshan (Shunde)	豆豉
	Foshan (Sanshui)	豆豉
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	豆豉
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	豆豉
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	豆豉
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	豆豉
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	豆豉
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	豆豉
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	豆豉
	Taishan	豆豉
	Kaiping (Chikan)	豆豉
	Enping (Niujiang)	豆豉
	Heshan (Yayao)	豆豉
	Dongguan	豆豉
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	豆豉
	Shaoguan	豆豉
	Yunfu	豆豉
	Yangjiang	豆豉
	Xinyi	豆豉
	Lianjiang	豆豉
	Nanning	豆豉
	Wuzhou	豆豉
	Yulin	曬豉
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	豆豉
	Singapore (Guangfu)	豆豉
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	豆豉
Gan	Nanchang	豆豉
	Lichuan	豆豉
	Pingxiang	豆豉
Hakka	Meixian	豆豉
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	豆豉
	Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)	豆豉
	Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)	豆豉
	Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)	豆豉
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	豆豉
	Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)	豆豉
	Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)	豆豉
	Boluo (Bendihua)	豆豉
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	豆豉
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	豆豉
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	豆豉
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	豆豉
	Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)	豆豉
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	豆豉
	Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)	豆豉
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	豆豉
	Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)	豆豉
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	豆豉
	Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)	豆豉
	Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)	豆豉
	Conghua (Lütian)	豆豉
	Yudu	豆豉
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	豆豉
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	豆豉酺
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	漉酺
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	豆豉
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	豆豉
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	豆豉
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蔭豉, 豆豉
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	豆豉
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	豆豉
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	豆豉
Huizhou	Jixi	豆豉
Northern Min	Jian'ou	甜豉
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	豆豉
	Fuqing	豆豉
Southern Min	Xiamen	豆豉, 蔭豉
	Quanzhou	豆豉, 蔭豉, 豆粒仔
	Zhangzhou	豆豉
	Taipei	蔭豉仔
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	蔭豉仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	蔭豉粕仔
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	蔭豉仔
	Kaohsiung	蔭豉仔
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	蔭豉仔
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	蔭酺
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	蔭豉, 豆豉仔
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	蔭豉仔
	Yilan	蔭豉仔
	Yilan (Toucheng)	蔭豉仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	豆豉, 蔭豉
	Taichung	蔭豉仔
	Tainan	蔭豉
	Hsinchu	豆豉
	Kinmen	豆豉
	Penghu (Magong)	豆豉
	Penghu (Xiyu)	豆豉, 蔭豉
	Singapore (Hokkien)	豆豉
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	豆豉
	Singapore (Teochew)	豆豉
	Leizhou	豆豉, 豆發
	Haikou	豆豉
Puxian Min	Putian	豆豉
	Putian (Donghai)	豆醬
	Putian (Jiangkou)	豆豉
	Putian (Nanri)	醬籽
	Xianyou	豆豉, 醬米
	Xianyou (Fengting)	豆豉
	Xianyou (Youyang)	豆豉, 醬米
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	豆豉
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	豆豉
Wu	Shanghai	豆豉
	Hangzhou	豆豉
	Wenzhou	陰豆豉, 陰豆豉醬
	Jinhua	豆豉
Xiang	Changsha	豆豉
	Loudi	豆豉
	Quanzhou	豆豉

• (musical note): 音符 (yīnfú), 蝌蚪 (kēdǒu), 芽菜 (yácài)

Derived terms

• 淡豆豉 (dàndòuchǐ)
• 豆豉譜／豆豉谱
• 豆豉鯪魚／豆豉鲮鱼 (dòuchǐ língyú)
• 香笄厾豆豉

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (豆豉):

• → Korean: 두시(豆豉) (dusi)

Others:

• → English: douchi
• → Indonesian: taoci
• → Japanese: 豆豉(トーチー) (tōchī)
• → Spanish: tausi
• → Tagalog: tawsi
• → Thai: เต้าซี่ (dtâo-sîi)
• → Vietnamese: tàu xì, đậu xị
• → Zhuang: daeuhseih

See also

• (Hokkien) 徛酺

References

• (Min Nan) “Entry #3478”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.