吃豆腐

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	tofu; bean curd; any food with tofu-like physical quality
simp. and trad. (吃豆腐)		吃	豆腐
Literally: “to eat tofu”.

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Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chī dòufu
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄉㄡˋ ˙ㄈㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chih dòufů
  - Wade–Giles: chʻih¹ tou⁴-fu⁵
  - Yale: chr̄ dòu-fu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chy dow.fu
  - Palladius: чи доуфу (či doufu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ toʊ̯⁵¹ fu¹/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: ⁴qiq ³deu-hhu; ⁴qiq-deu-hhu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɪʔ⁴⁴ d̥ɜ²² ɦv̩ʷ⁴⁴/, /t͡ɕʰi̯ɪʔ³³ d̥ɜ⁵⁵ ɦv̩ʷ²¹/

吃豆腐

(slang) to come on to a woman; to flirt; to grope; to touch up
那個老男人在酒吧裡老想吃我豆腐。 [MSC, trad.]
那个老男人在酒吧里老想吃我豆腐。 [MSC, simp.]
Nà ge lǎo nánrén zài jiǔba lǐ lǎo xiǎng chī wǒ dòufǔ. [Pinyin]
That old man is always trying to paw me at the pub.

This idiom usually only refers to a man taking advantage of a woman in a sexual manner.

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