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mapo

mapo is the ellipsis of mapo doufu.

Meaning of mapo doufu

Noun

mapo doufu (uncountable)

  1. 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.

Phrases with mapo

Questions about mapo

What is mapo the ellipsis of?
Mapo is the ellipsis of mapo doufu.

Words near mapo in the dictionary

  1. mapmaker
  2. mapmakers
  3. mapmaking
  4. mapmakings
  5. mapmodulin
  6. mapo
  7. mapo dofu
  8. mapo doufu
  9. mapo tofu
  10. Mapoch War
  11. mapocho

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mapo (page history and authors); mapo doufu (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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