豆腐

豆腐 dòufu in a sentence

Tofu; bean curd†

Full dictionary entry HSK 5 3 sentences

豆腐 (dòufu) means Tofu, bean curd †. Below are 3 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

豆腐 很有营养。

Dòufu hěn yǒu yíngyǎng.

Tofu is very nutritious.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 豆腐

我最喜欢吃麻婆 豆腐 。

Wǒ zuì xǐhuan chī mápó dòufu.

My favourite dish is mapo tofu.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 豆腐

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From the travel phrasebook

麻婆 豆腐

mápó dòufu

Mapo tofu

Travel phrasebook · Reading a Chinese menu

Questions about 豆腐

How is 豆腐 used in a sentence?

This page shows 3 sentences using 豆腐 (dòufu, "Tofu, bean curd †"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Is 豆腐 an HSK word?

Yes — 豆腐 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.

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The dictionary page for 豆腐 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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