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tofu skin

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A food product made from soybeans in the form of a thin, yellow sheet used in Chinese and Japanese cooking.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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  • Chinese Cantonese: 枝竹 (zi1 zuk1) — food product made from soybeans
  • Chinese: 豆皮 (zh-min-nan) — food product made from soybeans
  • Chinese Mandarin: 豆腐皮 (dòufupí) — food product made from soybeans
  • Chinese Mandarin: 腐皮 (fǔpí) — food product made from soybeans
  • Esperanto: jubo — food product made from soybeans
  • Finnish: yuba — food product made from soybeans
  • Indonesian: kembang tahu — food product made from soybeans
  • Japanese: 湯葉 (yuba) — food product made from soybeans
  • Polish: yuba — food product made from soybeans
  • Russian: юба (juba) — food product made from soybeans
  • Spanish: yuba — food product made from soybeans
  • Thai: ฟองเต้าหู้ — food product made from soybeans