豆腐渣

Chinese

		tofu; bean curd; any food with tofu-like physical quality	dregs
trad. (豆腐渣)		豆腐	渣
simp. #(豆腐渣)		豆腐	渣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dòufuzhā

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄡˋ ˙ㄈㄨ ㄓㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dau⁶ fu⁶ zaa¹
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): dao⁷ hu⁷ za¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dòufuzhā
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄡˋ ˙ㄈㄨ ㄓㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dòufůjha
    • Wade–Giles: tou⁴-fu⁵-cha¹
    • Yale: dòu-fu-jā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dow.fuja
    • Palladius: доуфучжа (doufučža)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /toʊ̯⁵¹ fu¹ ʈ͡ʂä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dau⁶ fu⁶ zaa¹
    • Yale: dauh fuh jā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dau⁶ fu⁶ dzaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: deo⁶ fu⁶ za¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐu̯²² fuː²² t͡saː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dao⁷ hu⁷ za¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tāu hū tsa
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tau¹¹ hu¹¹ t͡sa³³/

Noun

豆腐渣

1. soybean dregs; okara
2. Short for 豆腐渣工程 (dòufuzhā gōngchéng).

Synonyms

• 雪花菜 (xuěhuācài)
• (Hakka) 豆腐頭／豆腐头

Derived terms

• 豆腐渣工程 (dòufuzhā gōngchéng)