米豆腐

mǐdòufu
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 mi doufu; rice tofu (savory rice-flour jelly served cold with chili sauce)

Examples

Xiàtiān chī yì wǎn liángbàn mǐdòufu tèbié jiěshǔ.
A bowl of cold-mixed mi doufu in summer really beats the heat.
Xiāngxī de mǐdòufu yòng suānlà zhī bàn zhe chī.
Xiangxi-style mi doufu is tossed with a hot-and-sour sauce.

Tips

culture
Despite the name, 米豆腐 contains no soybeans. It is a jelly made from rice soaked, ground, and set with lime water. A specialty of Hunan (especially Xiangxi) and Guizhou, popularized nationally by the 1986 film 《芙蓉》.

Stroke Order

dòu