豆腐

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Chinese[edit]

bean; sacrificial vessel decay; rotten
simp. and trad.
(豆腐)
alternative forms 豆付 obsolete
anagram 腐豆
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Pronunciation[edit]



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (7) (3)
Final () (137) (24)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter duwH bjuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/dəuH/ /bɨoX/
Pan
Wuyun
/dəuH/ /bioX/
Shao
Rongfen
/dəuH/ /bioX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/dəwH/ /buə̆X/
Li
Rong
/duH/ /bioX/
Wang
Li
/dəuH/ /bĭuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/dʱə̯uH/ /bʱi̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
dòu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
dau6 fu6

Noun[edit]

豆腐

  1. tofu; bean curd (Classifier: m c;  c;  c)
  2. any food with tofu-like physical quality
    豆腐豆腐  ―  dòufǔ  ―  fish tofu
    豆腐  ―  xuèdòufǔ  ―  blood tofu
    杏仁豆腐  ―  xìngréndòufǔ  ―  anin tofu

Synonyms[edit]

Adjective[edit]

豆腐

  1. weak, crumbling, easy to fall

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Sino-Xenic (豆腐):

Others:

Further reading[edit]

Japanese[edit]

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豆腐 (tōfu): seasoned cubes of tofu.
Kanji in this term
とう
Grade: 3

Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Chinese 豆腐 (MC duwH bjuX, literally “bean + curdled”). Compare modern Mandarin reading dòufu.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(とう)() (tōfu (counter )

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

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References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998) NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean[edit]

Hanja in this term

Noun[edit]

豆腐 (dubu) (hangeul 두부)

  1. Hanja form? of 두부 (tofu).

Vietnamese[edit]

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun[edit]

豆腐

  1. chữ Hán form of đậu hủ (tofu).
  2. chữ Hán form of đậu phụ (tofu).