Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A protein-rich food made from curdled soy milk.

    Tofu, Bohnenquark

    то́фуtófu, со́евый тво́ро́гsójevyj tvóróg

    то́фуtófu

    cheeselike food made of curdled soybean milk

  2. (countable, uncountable)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 𐕪)

Examples

49 sentences
  1. I didn't know tofu tasted this good.

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  2. I didn't know that tofu tasted this good.

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  3. Tom eats tofu quite often because he heard that it was healthy.

    deTom isst recht häufig Tōfu, da er hörte, es sei gesund.

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  4. I really shouldn't ask, but could you get some tofu for me?

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  5. Tofu goes well with good sake.

    deTofu passt gut zu Sake.

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Translations

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Origin

Borrowed from Japanese 豆(とう)腐(ふ) (tōfu), from Middle Chinese 豆腐 (duwᴴ bju^X, “curdled bean

Borrowed from Japanese 豆(とう)腐(ふ) (tōfu), from Middle Chinese 豆腐 (duwᴴ bju^X, “curdled bean”). Doublet of dubu and doufu.

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Forms

plural: tofus
Singulartofu
Pluraltofus

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • cheeselike food made of curdled soybean milk:bean curd

Word family

14 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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