tofu

• tōfu

Borrowed from Japanese 豆腐(とうふ) (tōfu), from Middle Chinese 豆腐 (MC dəu^H bɨo^X, literally “bean + curdled”) (compare Mandarin 豆腐 (dòufu)). Doublet of dubu.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtoʊfu/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtəʊfuː/

tofu (countable and uncountable, plural tofus)

1. A protein-rich food made from curdled soy milk.

   Synonyms: bean curd, soycheese, dubu, doufu

   Coordinate term: tempeh

   • 2012 May 8, Yotam Ottolenghi; Sami Tamimi, Ottolenghi: The Cookbook‎, Random House, →ISBN, page 79:

     First, marinate the tofu. In a bowl, whisk the kecap manis, chilli sauce, and sesame oil together. Cut the tofu into strips about 1cm thick, mix gently (so it doesn't break) with the marinade and leave in the fridge for half an hour.

2. (computing, typography) A box or rectangle, empty or with a question mark or hexadecimal code inside, displayed by some systems in place of a character not supported by available fonts. (such as _□ or 𐕪)

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tofu n

1. tofu (protein-rich food made from curdled soybean milk)

From Japanese 豆腐 (tōfu).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtofu/, [ˈt̪o̞fu]

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• Rhymes: -ofu
• Syllabification^(key): to‧fu

tofu

1. tofu (protein-rich food made from curdled soy milk)

• ufot

• tofou (rare, archaic)

From Japanese.

• IPA^(key): /to.fu/, /to.fy/

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tofu m (plural tofus)

1. tofu

Borrowed from Japanese 豆腐 (とうふ, tōfu, “tofu, bean curd”), from Middle Chinese 豆 (dùw, “bean”) + 腐 (bjú, “rotten, fermented”). Doublet of tahu from Min Nan 豆腐 (tāu-hū).

• IPA^(key): /to.fu/
• Hyphenation: to‧fu

tofu

1. tofu, specifically soft or extra-soft unpressed fresh tofu.

• tahu (specifically firm or extra firm pressed fresh tofu)

• “tofu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

From Japanese.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.fu/
• Rhymes: -ɔfu
• Hyphenation: tò‧fu

tofu m (invariable)

1. tofu

• tufo

Borrowed from Japanese 豆腐 (tōfu), from Middle Chinese 豆 (dùw, “bean”) + 腐 (bjú, “rotten, fermented”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.fu/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɔfu
• Syllabification: to‧fu

tofu n (indeclinable)

1. tofu

• tofu in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• tofu in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from Japanese 豆腐 (tōfu).[1][2]

• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: to‧fu

tofu m (plural tofus)

1. tofu (food made from curdled soybean milk)

• IPA^(key): /ˈtofu/ [ˈt̪o.fu]
• Rhymes: -ofu
• Syllabification: to‧fu

tofu m (uncountable)

1. tofu

• “tofu”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

• IPA^(key): [ˈto.fu]

tofu

1. (stative) to be piled, heaped

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh