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) or 味素 (wèisù)) for commercial reasons.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèijīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄐㄧㄥ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): mei⁶ zing¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): mei⁵ den¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): vei³ jing¹
• Northern Min (KCR): mī-céng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bī-cheng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bhi⁷ zêng¹

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶vi-cin₁ / ²vi₆-tsin₁

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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–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
    • 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 t͡ɕiŋ¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mī-céng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁵⁵ t͡seiŋ⁵⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bī-cheng
    • Tâi-lô: bī-tsing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bixzefng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁴¹⁻²² t͡siɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /bi²²⁻²¹ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /bi²²⁻²¹ t͡seŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bhi⁷ zêng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bī tseng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /bi¹¹ t͡seŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶vi-cin₁
    • MiniDict: vi^去 cin^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³vi-jin₁
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /vi²² t͡ɕin⁴⁴/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ²vi₆-tsin₁
    • MiniDict: vi^去 tsin^平
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /vi²² t͡sin³³/

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, 味素, 穀氨酸鈉 Mainland, 麩胺酸鈉 Taiwan
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	味精
	Harbin	味之素 dated
	Singapore	味精
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	味之素
	Guiyang	味精
	Guilin	味精
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	味之素 dated
Mandarin	Fuzhou (Qinjiang, Changle)	味之素
Cantonese	Guangzhou	味精, 味粉
	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
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	味素
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	味素
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	味素
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	味素
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	甜粉
Jin	Taiyuan	味精
Northern Min	Jian'ou	味四素, 味精
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	味素
	Matsu	味素
Southern Min	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
	Taipei (Wanhua)	味素
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	味素
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	味素
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	味素
	Kaohsiung	味素
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	味素
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	味素
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	味素
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	味素
	Yilan	味素
	Yilan (Toucheng)	味素
	Changhua (Lukang)	味素
	Taichung	味素
	Taichung (Wuqi)	味素
	Tainan	味素, 味素粉
	Tainan (Anping)	味素
	Taitung	味素
	Hsinchu	味素
	Kinmen	味素粉
	Penghu (Magong)	味素
	Penghu (Xiyu)	味素
	Penang (Hokkien)	味素粉
	Singapore (Hokkien)	味精
	Manila (Hokkien)	味精
	Jieyang	味素
	Wenchang	味精
	Singapore (Hainanese)	味精
Wu	Shanghai	味之素, 味精
	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

Sino-Xenic (味精):

• → Vietnamese: vị tinh (味精)

Others:

• → Cebuano: bitsin, vetsin
• → Indonesian: vetsin, micin
• → Khmer: ប៊ីចេង (biiceeng)
• → Tagalog: betsin, bitsin
• → Vietnamese: mì chính

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
味	精

Noun

味精

1. (Central Vietnam) chữ Hán form of vị tinh (“monosodium glutamate”)