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Chinese
bean; sacrificial vessel
decay; rotten
simp. and trad. (豆腐 )
豆
腐
alternative forms
豆付 obsolete
anagram
腐豆
Pronunciation
Mandarin
(Standard )
(Pinyin ) : dòufu , dòufǔ
(Zhuyin ) : ㄉㄡˋ ˙ㄈㄨ, ㄉㄡˋ ㄈㄨˇ
(Chengdu , Sichuanese Pinyin ) : dou4 fu3
(Xi'an , Guanzhong Pinyin ) : dōufu
(Nanjing , Nanjing Pinyin ) : dōufu
Cantonese
(Guangzhou –Hong Kong , Jyutping ) : dau6 fu6
(Dongguan , Jyutping++ ) : daau3 fu3
(Taishan , Wiktionary ) : eu5 fu5
(Yangjiang , Jyutping++ ) : dau6 fu6
Gan (Wiktionary ) : teu5 fu
Hakka
(Sixian , PFS ) : theu-fu
(Hailu , HRS ) : teu˖ fu˖
(Meixian , Guangdong ) : têu4 fu4
Jin (Wiktionary ) : dou3 fu2
Northern Min (KCR ) : dē-hū
Eastern Min (BUC ) : dâu→dâ -hô→hâu
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing ): dao4 / dao5 hu5
Southern Min
(Hokkien , POJ ) : tāu-hū / tāu-hǔ
(Teochew , Peng'im ) : dao7 hu7
(Leizhou , Leizhou Pinyin ) : dao1 hu1
Southern Pinghua (Nanning , Jyutping++ ) : dau6 fu6
Wu (Wugniu )
(Northern ) : 6 deu-vu6 / 2 deu6 -vu6 / 6 deu-vu6 →u / 6 deu-wu6 / 6 doe-vu6 / 6 dei-vu6
(Jinhua ) : 6 dieu-vu6
Xiang
(Changsha , Wiktionary ) : dou5 fu3
(Loudi , Wiktionary ) : ddieu5 ghu5*
(Hengyang , Wiktionary ) : dou5* fu
Note : dao4 - contraction.
Noun
豆腐
tofu ; bean curd (Classifier : 塊 / 块 m c ; 嚿 c ; 磚 / 砖 c )
any food with tofu -like physical quality
魚豆腐 / 鱼豆腐 ― yúdòufǔ ― fish tofu
血豆腐 ― xuèdòufǔ ― blood tofu
杏仁豆腐 ― xìngréndòufǔ ― anin tofu
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
豆腐 (“tofu; bean curd”)
Derived terms
Descendants
Others :
Further reading
“豆腐 ”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C. , 2025 .
莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 , editor (2021 ), “豆腐 ”, in 莆仙方言大词典 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press , →ISBN , page 134 .
李如龙 , 刘福铸 , 吴华英 , 黄国城 (2019 ) “1382 豆腐 ”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press , →ISBN , page 427 .
Japanese
豆腐 (tōfu ): seasoned cubes of tofu .
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 豆腐 (MC duwH bjuX , literally “bean + curdled”). Compare modern Mandarin reading dòufu .
Pronunciation
Noun
豆( とう ) 腐( ふ ) • (tōfu ) (counter 丁 )
tofu , bean curd
Synonyms: ( dialectal, Kagoshima ) おかべ , ( nyōbō kotoba ) 壁 ( kabe ) , ( humorous ) 南無阿弥豆腐 ( namu omi dōfu )
( computing ) tofu , an empty rectangle displayed by some systems in place of a character not supported by available fonts.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
↑ 1.0 1.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute , editor (1998 ), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo : NHK Publishing, Inc. , →ISBN
↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira , editor (2006 ), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo : Sanseidō , →ISBN
Korean
Noun
豆腐 • (dubu ) (hangeul 두부 )
hanja form? of 두부 ( “ tofu ” )
Vietnamese
Noun
豆腐
chữ Hán form of đậu hủ ( “ tofu ” )
chữ Hán form of đậu phụ ( “ tofu ” )