mapo

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A form of mapo doufu — A Chinese dish from Sichuan province consisting of tofu set in a spicy chili- and bean-based sauce, typically a thin, oily, and bright red suspension, and often cooked with douchi (fermented black beans) and minced meat, usually pork or beef.

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Meanings

nounmapo (uncountable)
  1. abbreviationellipsisuncountableEllipsis of mapo doufu.

    I look down at my plate, a mound of rice covered with gushy mapo.

    2022, Ling Ma, “Peking Duck”, in Bliss Montage, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Pomaampo
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APA

mapo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mapo

MLA

“mapo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mapo. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mapo,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mapo.

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