味精

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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

Noun

味精

  1. monosodium glutamate; MSG

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 味精 (“monosodium glutamate”)
Variety Location Words
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:

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
味精

Noun

味精

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