豆腐

Chinese

bean; sacrificial vessel decay; rotten
simp. and trad.
(豆腐)
anagram 腐豆

Pronunciation


Noun

豆腐

  1. tofu; bean curd

Synonyms

  • (obsolete) 豆脯, 菽乳

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (豆腐):

Others:


Japanese

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

Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

From Japanese - compound 豆腐 (dəuH bjuX, literally bean + curdled). Compare modern Mandarin reading dòufu.

Pronunciation

Noun

豆腐 (hiragana とうふ, rōmaji 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

References

  1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  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

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

豆腐 (dubu) (hangeul 두부)

  1. Hanja form? of 두부 (tofu).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word

Noun

豆腐

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