味子素
Chinese
| taste | child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight | plain; element | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (味子素) | 味 | 子 | 素 | |
Pronunciation
Noun
味子素
- (Xiang) monosodium glutamate; MSG
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 味精 (“monosodium glutamate”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words edit |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 穀氨酸鈉 Mainland, 麩胺酸鈉 Taiwan | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 味精 |
| Taiwan | 味精 | |
| Harbin | 味之素 dated | |
| Wuhan | 味之素 | |
| Guiyang | 味精 | |
| Yangzhou | 味之素 dated | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 味精 |
| Hong Kong | 味精 | |
| Taishan | 味之素 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 味之素 |
| Pingxiang | 味精 | |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 味素 |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 甜粉 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 味精 |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 味四素, 味精 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 味素 |
| Matsu | 味素 | |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 味素粉 |
| Quanzhou | 味素粉 | |
| Zhangzhou | 味素, 味素粉 | |
| Taipei | 味素, 味素粉 mT | |
| Kaohsiung | 味素 | |
| Tainan | 味素 | |
| Taichung | 味素 | |
| Wuqi | 味素 | |
| Hsinchu | 味素 | |
| Taitung | 味素 | |
| Lukang | 味素 | |
| Yilan | 味素 | |
| Magong | 味素 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 味素粉 | |
| Chaozhou | 味精 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 味之素 |
| Chongming | 味之素 | |
| Suzhou | 味之素 | |
| Hangzhou | 味精 | |
| Ningbo | 味之素 | |
| Wenzhou | 味之素 dated | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 味子素 |
| Note | mT - mainstream Taiwanese (no particular region identified) | |