麻婆豆腐

麻婆豆腐

Chinese

		(to have) pins and needles; tingling; hemp (to have) pins and needles; tingling; hemp; numb; to bother	grandmother; matron; mother-in-law	tofu; bean curd
simp. and trad. (麻婆豆腐)		麻	婆	豆腐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): mápó dòufu

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˊ ㄆㄛˊ ㄉㄡˋ ˙ㄈㄨ

  (Chengdu, SP): ma² po² dou⁴ fu³

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁴ po⁴ dau⁶ fu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: mápó dòufu
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˊ ㄆㄛˊ ㄉㄡˋ ˙ㄈㄨ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mapor dow.fu
    • IPA ^(key): /mä³⁵ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵ toʊ̯⁵¹ fu¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ma² po² dou⁴ fu³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: mapodoufu
    • IPA ^(key): /ma²¹ pʰo²¹ təu²¹³ fu⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa⁴ po⁴ dau⁶ fu⁶
    • Yale: màh pòh dauh fuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁴ po⁴ dau⁶ fu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma⁴ po⁴ deo⁶ fu⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /mäː²¹ pʰɔː²¹ tɐu̯²² fuː²²/

Noun

麻婆豆腐

1. mapo doufu, a Sichuan dish made of stir-fried beancurd in chili sauce

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
麻	婆	豆	腐
まあ Grade: S	ぼお Grade: S	どう Grade: 3	ふ Grade: S
Irregular

Etymology

Borrowing from Chinese 麻婆豆腐.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) まーぼーど​ーふ [màábóódóꜜòfù] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ma̠ːbo̞ːdo̞ːɸɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

麻婆豆腐 (hiragana まーぼーどうふ, rōmaji mābō dōfu)

1. mapo doufu, a spicy chili-flavored tofu dish from the Sichuan cuisine of China

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN