冬瓜豆腐

Chinese

		winter melon; ash gourd; wax gourd winter melon; ash gourd; wax gourd; tallow gourd	tofu; bean curd; any food with tofu-like physical quality
trad. (冬瓜豆腐)		冬瓜	豆腐
simp. #(冬瓜豆腐)		冬瓜	豆腐

Etymology

Winter melon and tofu are two of the common ingredients of dishes for funeral repasts (解穢酒／解秽酒 (gaai² wai³ zau²)) because only vegetarian food can be served.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung¹ gwaa¹ dau⁶ fu⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dung¹ gwaa¹ dau⁶ fu⁶
    • Yale: dūng gwā dauh fuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung¹ gwaa¹ dau⁶ fu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dung¹ gua¹ deo⁶ fu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ kʷaː⁵⁵ tɐu̯²² fuː²²/

Idiom

冬瓜豆腐

1. (Cantonese) unexpected misfortune

   萬一有乜冬瓜豆腐點算呀？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   万一有乜冬瓜豆腐点算呀？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   maan⁶ jat¹ jau⁵ mat¹ dung¹ gwaa¹ dau⁶ fu⁶ dim² syun³ aa³? [Jyutping]

   What if something unexpected happens?