Etymology

yong tau foo

Today it means: A Hakka Chinese dish consisting of tofu (or sometimes vegetables or mushrooms) filled with ground meat or fish paste. Full definition →

nan-pen 釀豆腐 ← Cantonese 釀豆腐 /酿豆腐 ← Hakka 釀豆腐 /酿豆腐
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The story

  1. Hakka · derived from釀豆腐 /酿豆腐
  2. Cantonese · derived from釀豆腐 /酿豆腐
  3. nan-pen · borrowed from釀豆腐
  4. English todayyong tau foo

Borrowed from Penang Hokkien 釀豆腐 /酿豆腐 (yōng-tāu-fū), from Cantonese 釀豆腐 /酿豆腐 (joeng⁶ dau⁶ fu⁶), from Hakka 釀豆腐 /酿豆腐 (ngiong-theu-fu).

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