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:)

1. 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

• တိုဟူးနွေး (tuihu:nwe:)
• တိုဟူးသုပ် (tuihu:sup)
• ရှမ်းတိုဟူး (hram:tuihu:)

 

References

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