托福

See also: 託福

Chinese

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tuōfú

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛㄈㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tok³ fuk¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thok-hok

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tuōfú
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛㄈㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tuofú
  - Wade–Giles: tʻo¹-fu²
  - Yale: twō-fú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuofwu
  - Palladius: тофу (tofu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ fu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tok³ fuk¹
  - Yale: tok fūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tok⁸ fuk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: tog³ fug¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːk̚³ fʊk̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thok-hok
  - Tâi-lô: thok-hok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tokhog
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ hɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ hɔk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɔk̚³²⁻⁵ hɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ hɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ hɔk̚³²/

Etymology 1

		to hold in one's hand; to entrust; to support in one's palm	good fortune; happiness; luck good fortune; happiness; luck; Fujian province (abbrev.); surname
trad. (托福/託福)		托/託	福
simp. (托福)		托	福

Verb

托⫽福 (verb-object)

(polite) to be owing to (you, or your blessing); thanks to you (usually in response to a greeting)
托您的福，一切順利。 [MSC, trad.]
托您的福，一切顺利。 [MSC, simp.]
Tuō nín de fú, yīqiè shùnlì. [Pinyin]
Everything's well, thank you. [lit. thanks to your lucky influence.]

Etymology 2

		phonetic
trad. (托福)		托	福
simp. ^#(托福)		托	福

Phono-semantic matching of English TOEFL.

Noun

托福

TOEFL (English test)
考托福 ― kǎo tuōfú ― to take TOEFL