老豆腐

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	tofu; bean curd; any food with tofu-like physical quality
trad. (老豆腐)		老	豆腐
simp. #(老豆腐)		老	豆腐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎodòufu

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄡˋ ˙ㄈㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ dau⁶ fu⁶
• Jin (Wiktionary): lau² dou³ fu²
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶lau-deu-wu; ⁶lau-deu-vu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎodòufu
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄡˋ ˙ㄈㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎodòufů
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-tou⁴-fu⁵
    • Yale: lǎu-dòu-fu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laodow.fu
    • Palladius: лаодоуфу (laodoufu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ toʊ̯⁵¹ fu¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ dau⁶ fu⁶
    • Yale: lóuh dauh fuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ dau⁶ fu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ deo⁶ fu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ tɐu̯²² fuː²²/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: lau² dou³ fu²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style, no sandhi): /lau⁵³ təu⁴⁵ fu⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶lau-deu-wu; ⁶lau-deu-vu
    • MiniDict: lau^去 deu wu; lau^去 deu vu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lau-deu-hhu; ³lau-deu-vu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lɔ²² dɤ⁵⁵ ɦu²¹/, /lɔ²² dɤ⁵⁵ vu²¹/

Noun

老豆腐

1. (dialectal Mandarin, Jin) douhua; tofu pudding
2. (humorous) old person
3. (Shanghainese) firm, dehydrated tofu
4. Synonym of 北豆腐

Synonyms

• (douhua):

Dialectal synonyms of 豆腐腦 (“tofu pudding”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		豆腐腦
Mandarin	Beijing	豆腐腦兒
	Taiwan	豆花, 豆腐腦
	Tianjin	豆腐腦兒, 老豆腐
	Harbin	豆腐腦兒
	Yantai (Muping)	豆腐腦兒
	Jinan	豆腐腦兒
	Luoyang	豆腐腦兒
	Xi'an	豆腐腦兒
	Yinchuan	豆腐腦
	Lanzhou	豆腐腦
	Xining	豆腐腦兒
	Ürümqi	豆腐腦兒
	Wuhan	豆腐腦
	Chengdu	嫩豆花兒, 嫩豆花
	Guiyang	豆腐腦, 石膏豆腐
	Liuzhou	豆腐花
	Xuzhou	豆腦兒, 豆腦子
	Yangzhou	豆腐腦子
	Nanjing	豆腐腦
	Malaysia	豆腐花
	Singapore	豆花
Cantonese	Guangzhou	豆腐花
	Hong Kong	豆腐花
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	豆腐花
	Taishan	豆腐花
	Dongguan	豆腐花
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	豆腐花
	Singapore (Guangfu)	豆花, 豆腐花
Gan	Nanchang	豆腐
	Lichuan	豆腐崽兒
	Pingxiang	水豆腐
Hakka	Meixian	豆腐花
	Yudu	豆腐腦子, 豆腐花
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	豆腐花
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	豆腐花
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	豆腐花
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	豆腐花
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	豆腐花
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	豆花
	Hong Kong	豆腐花
Huizhou	Jixi	豆腐花
Jin	Taiyuan	老豆腐
	Xinzhou	豆腦兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	豆腐仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	豆腐囝
	Fuqing	豆腐囝
	Matsu	豆花
Southern Min	Xiamen	豆花
	Quanzhou	豆花
	Zhangzhou	豆花
	Taipei	豆花
	Kaohsiung	豆花
	Yilan	豆花
	Changhua (Lukang)	豆花
	Taichung	豆花
	Taichung (Wuqi)	豆花
	Tainan	豆花
	Taitung	豆花
	Hsinchu	豆花
	Penghu (Magong)	豆花
	Penang (Hokkien)	豆花
	Singapore (Hokkien)	豆花
	Manila (Hokkien)	豆花
	Chaozhou	豆腐花
	Shantou	豆腐花
	Singapore (Teochew)	豆花
	Leizhou	豆腦
	Haikou	豆腦
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	豆腐花
Wu	Shanghai	豆腐花
	Suzhou	豆腐花, 水豆腐 suburban
	Danyang	豆腐花, 豆腐腦腦 dated
	Hangzhou	豆腐腦
	Ningbo	豆腐腦, 豆腐花
	Wenzhou	豆腐軟
	Jinhua	豆腐湯
Xiang	Changsha	豆腐腦
	Loudi	豆腐腦子, 懶豆腐