大溪豆干

Traditional form:

大溪豆乾

Pinyin (reading):

Dàxīdòugān

Definitions:

• dried tofu made in Daxi, a district of Taoyuan, Taiwan famous for its dried tofu 豆干 (dougàn)

Characters:

• 大 - big, great, vast, high, deep
• 溪 - brook, creek, stream
• 豆 - beans, peas; bean-shaped
• 干 - arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade

Traditional characters:

• 大 - big, great, vast, high, deep
• 溪 - brook, creek, stream
• 豆 - beans, peas; bean-shaped
• 乾 - arid, dry; to fertilize; to penetrate; heavenly generative principle (male)