臭豆腐

Chinese

		sense of smell; smell bad; stench sense of smell; smell bad; stench; stink; smelly; to smell (bad)	tofu; bean curd; any food with tofu-like physical quality
trad. (臭豆腐)		臭	豆腐
simp. ^#(臭豆腐)		臭	豆腐

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chòudòufu
(Zhuyin): ㄔㄡˋ ㄉㄡˋ ˙ㄈㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cau³ dau⁶ fu⁶
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): chhàu-tāu-hū
(Teochew, Peng'im): cao³ dao⁷ hu⁷

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chòudòufu
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄡˋ ㄉㄡˋ ˙ㄈㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chòudòufů
  - Wade–Giles: chʻou⁴-tou⁴-fu⁵
  - Yale: chòu-dòu-fu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chowdow.fu
  - Palladius: чоудоуфу (čoudoufu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ toʊ̯⁵¹ fu¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cau³ dau⁶ fu⁶
  - Yale: chau dauh fuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsau³ dau⁶ fu⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ceo³ deo⁶ fu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯³³ tɐu̯²² fuː²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhàu-tāu-hū
  - Tâi-lô: tshàu-tāu-hū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhao'dauxhu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰau²¹⁻⁵³ tau²²⁻²¹ hu²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tau⁴¹⁻²² hu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰau²¹⁻⁵³ tau²²⁻²¹ hu²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰau¹¹⁻⁵³ tau³³⁻¹¹ hu³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰau²¹⁻⁴¹ tau³³⁻²¹ hu³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cao³ dao⁷ hu⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshàu tāu hū
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰau²¹³⁻⁵⁵ tau¹¹ hu¹¹/

Noun

臭豆腐

stinky tofu

Japanese

Kanji in this term
臭	豆	腐
しゅう Grade: S	とう > どう Grade: 3	ふ Grade: S
kan’on

Alternative spelling
臭豆腐 (kyūjitai)

臭豆腐 (shūdōfu): a street vendor frying up black stinky tofu in Changsha, Hunan.

Etymology

From Chinese 臭豆腐. Analyzable as a compound of 臭 (shū, “stink, stench”) +‎ 豆腐 (tōfu, “tofu”). The tōfu changes to dōfu as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɕɨᵝːdo̞ːɸɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

臭(しゅう)豆(どう)腐(ふ) • (shūdōfu)

stinky tofu

References

Korean

Hanja in this term
臭	豆	腐

Noun

臭豆腐 • (chwidubu) (hangeul 취두부)

Hanja form^? of 취두부 (“stinky tofu”).