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) 豆腐
simp. #(臭豆腐) 豆腐

Pronunciation


Noun

臭豆腐

  1. stinky tofu

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しゅう
Grade: S
とう > どう
Grade: 3

Grade: S
kan’on
Alternative spelling
豆腐 (kyūjitai)
臭豆腐 (shūdōfu): a street vendor frying up black stinky tofu in Changsha, Hunan.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɕɨᵝːdo̞ːɸɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

(しゅう)(どう)() (shūdōfu) 

  1. stinky tofu

References

    Korean

    Hanja in this term

    Noun

    臭豆腐 (chwidubu) (hangeul 취두부)

    1. Hanja form? of 취두부 (stinky tofu).
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