味精

味精

Chinese

		taste	energy; perfect; excellent energy; perfect; excellent; refined; very; proficient
trad. (味精)		味	精
simp. #(味精)		味	精

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 味(み)精(せい) (misei), coined by Kikunae Ikeda circa 1908. In Japan, it was renamed to 味(あじ)の素(もと) (ajinomoto) ( > 味之素 (wèizhīsù) ) for commercial reasons.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèijīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄐㄧㄥ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): mei⁶ zing¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): mei⁵ den¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): vei³ jing¹
• Min Bei (KCR): mī-céng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): bī-cheng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bhi⁷ zêng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèijīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄐㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wèijing
    • Wade–Giles: wei⁴-ching¹
    • Yale: wèi-jīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weyjing
    • Palladius: вэйцзин (vɛjczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁶ zing¹
    • Yale: meih jīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁶ dzing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁶ jing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²² t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: mei⁵ den¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵐbei³² ten³³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: vei³ jing¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /vei⁴⁵ t͡ɕĩŋ¹¹/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mī-céng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁵⁵ t͡seiŋ⁵⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bī-cheng
    • Tâi-lô: bī-tsing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bixzefng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁴¹⁻²² t͡ɕiɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Singapore): /bi²²⁻²¹ t͡seŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /bi²²⁻²¹ t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bhi⁷ zêng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bī tseng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /bi¹¹ t͡seŋ³³/

Noun

味精

1. monosodium glutamate; MSG

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 味精 (“monosodium glutamate”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		味精, 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
	Guilin	味精
	Yangzhou	味之素 dated
	Changle (Qinjiang)	味之素
	Singapore	味精
Cantonese	Guangzhou	味精
	Hong Kong	味精, 師傅 slang
	Taishan	味之素
Gan	Nanchang	味之素
	Pingxiang	味精
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	味素
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; 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
	Pinghe	味素粉
	Zhangpu	味素粉
	Taipei	味素
	Kaohsiung	味素
	Yilan	味素
	Changhua (Lukang)	味素
	Taichung	味素
	Taichung (Wuqi)	味素
	Tainan	味素, 味素粉
	Taitung	味素
	Hsinchu	味素
	Penghu (Magong)	味素
	Penang (Hokkien)	味素粉
	Singapore (Hokkien)	味精
	Manila (Hokkien)	味精
	Chaozhou	味精
	Wenchang	味精
	Singapore (Hainanese)	味精
Wu	Shanghai	味之素
	Shanghai (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

Descendants

• → Cebuano: bitsin, vetsin
• → Tagalog: betsin, bitsin
• → Indonesian: vetsin, micin
• → Vietnamese: mì chính