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豆腐

豆腐

Chinese

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

Noun

豆腐

  1. tofu; bean curd

Derived terms

  • 豆腐漿／豆腐浆 (dòufujiāng)
  • 豆腐皮 (dòufupí)
  • 豆腐箸
  • 豆腐腦／豆腐脑 (dòufunǎo)
  • 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
  • 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):

Others

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 compound 豆腐 ‎(dəuH bjuX, literally “bean + curdled”). Compare modern Mandarin reading dòufu.

Pronunciation

Noun

豆腐 ‎(hiragana とうふ, romaji 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

Related terms

References

  1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  2. 1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja in this term
豆 腐

Noun

豆腐 • ‎(dubu) ‎(hangeul 두부)

  1. Hanja form? of 두부, “tofu”.

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
豆 腐

Noun

豆腐

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

Pronunciation

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