တိုဟူး

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 豆腐 (tāu‑hū). Doublet of တိုဖူး (tuihpu:).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tòhú/

Romanization: MLCTS: tuihu: • ALA-LC: tuihūʺ • BGN/PCGN: tohu: • Okell: touhù

Noun

တိုဟူး • (tuihu:)

tofu

Usage notes

တိုဟူး usually refers to chickpea tofu, a common delicacy in Burmese cuisine. ပဲပြား (pai:pra:) is used to describe tofu made from soy.

Synonyms

ပဲပြား (pai:pra:)
တိုဖူး (tuihpu:)

Derived terms

References

“တိုဟူး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

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