味噌

Chinese

		taste	sound of bells, etc; to scold; whoosh!
simp. and trad. (味噌)		味	噌

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 味噌 (miso).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wèicēng, wèizēng

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄘㄥ, ㄨㄟˋ ㄗㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁶ zang¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mí-so͘h / mí-soh / bí-so͘h

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wèicēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄘㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wèiceng
  - Wade–Giles: wei⁴-tsʻêng¹
  - Yale: wèi-tsēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weytseng
  - Palladius: вэйцэн (vɛjcɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹ t͡sʰɤŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wèizēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄗㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wèizeng
  - Wade–Giles: wei⁴-tsêng¹
  - Yale: wèi-dzēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weytzeng
  - Palladius: вэйцзэн (vɛjczɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹ t͡sɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁶ zang¹
  - Yale: meih jāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁶ dzang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁶ zeng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²² t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Hsinchu, Taichung, Tainan, Yilan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mí-so͘h
  - Tâi-lô: mí-sooh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mysoq
  - IPA (Tainan): /mĩ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ sɔʔ³²/
  - IPA (Yilan): /mĩ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ sɔʔ²/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Kaohsiung, Magong)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mí-soh
  - Tâi-lô: mí-soh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mysoiq
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /mĩ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sɤʔ³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /mĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ soʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Lukang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-so͘h
  - Tâi-lô: bí-sooh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bysoq
  - IPA (Lukang): /bi⁵⁵⁻³⁵ sɔʔ⁵/

Noun

味噌

miso (fermenting soybean paste)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 味噌 (“miso (fermenting soybean paste)”)

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		味噌
Cantonese	Hong Kong	麵豉, 麵豉醬
Southern Min	Taipei	豆醬, 味噌
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	豆醬, mi-só-sí-luh
	Kaohsiung	味噌
	Yilan	豆醬, 味噌
	Changhua (Lukang)	豆醬, 味噌
	Taichung	味噌
	Tainan	豆醬, 味噌
	Hsinchu	味噌, 日本豆醬
	Penghu (Magong)	味噌

Derived terms

味噌湯 / 味噌汤 (wèicēngtāng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
味	噌
み Grade: 3	そ Jinmeiyō
goon	kan'yōon

Alternative spellings
未醤味醤

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

味噌

Wikipedia ^ja

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Miso

Wikipedia

Etymology

*/misau/ → */misɔ/ → /miso/

From Old Japanese. First attested in Ritsuryō tax records from 738 CE, with the spelling 未醤.^[1]

Possibly either directly from Middle Chinese 未醬 (MC mj+jH tsjangH), or a coinage in Japan of Middle Chinese-derived elements as a compound of 未 (mi, “not yet, immature”) +‎ 醬 (sō, “sauce”, the older goon reading, from even older sau).

Vovin, however, considers it to be a borrowing from Koreanic,^[2] compare Modern Korean 메주 (meju) "brick of dried fermented soybeans."

Cognate with Proto-Ryukyuan *misV.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) みそ (Atamadaka – )^[3]
IPA^(key):

Audio: (file)

Noun

味(み)噌(そ) or 味噌(ミソ) • (miso)

miso (fermented soybean paste)
the innards of a crab or shrimp resembling miso
the good part (from the taste of miso)
そこがミソなんだよ。
Soko ga miso na n da yo.
That's the great part about it.
Short for 味噌っ滓 (misokkasu): a good-for-nothing child
a weakling
a failure
Synonyms: しくじり (shikujiri), 失敗 (shippai)

Derived terms

味噌和(みそあ)え, 味噌韲(みそあ)え (misoae)
味噌餡(みそあん) (misoan)
味噌(みそ)水(うず), 糝(みそうず) (misōzu), 味噌水(みそう) (misō)
味噌(みそ)買(か)い橋(ばし) (Miso Kaibashi)
味噌(みそ)滓(かす), 味噌(みそ)糟(かす) (miso kasu), 味噌(みそ)っ滓(かす) (misokkasu)
味噌(みそ)カツ (miso katsu)
味噌(みそ)粥(がゆ) (misogayu)
味噌(みそ)川(がわ) (Misogawa)
味噌(みそ)糞(くそ) (miso kuso)
味噌(みそ)蔵(ぐら) (misogura)
味噌気(みそけ) (misoke)
味噌(みそ)麹(こうじ) (miso kōji)
味噌漉(みそこ)し (misokoshi)
味噌(みそ)汁(しる) (misoshiru, “miso soup”)
味噌擂(みそす)り (misosuri)
味噌擂(みそす)り坊主(ぼうず) (misosuri bōzu)
味噌(みそ)煎餅(せんべい) (miso senbei)
味噌(みそ)玉(だま) (misodama)
味噌搗(みそつ)き (misotsuki)
味噌漬(みそづ)け, 味噌(みそ)漬(づけ) (miso-zuke)
味噌(ミソ)直(ナオシ) (misonaoshi)
味噌煮(みそに) (misoni)
味噌(みそ)っ歯(ぱ) (misoppa)
味噌(みそ)ピーナツ (miso pīnatsu)
味噌部屋(みそべや) (miso-beya)
味噌(みそ)豆(まめ) (misomame)
味噌(みそ)焼(やき), 味噌焼(みそや)き (misoyaki)
味噌(みそ)役人(やくにん) (miso yakunin)
味噌(みそ)用人(ようにん) (miso yōnin)
赤(あか)味噌(みそ) (akamiso)
甘(あま)味噌(みそ) (amamiso)
合(あわ)せ味噌(みそ), 合(あ)わせ味噌(みそ) (awasemiso)
田舎(いなか)味噌(みそ) (inaka miso)
魚(うお)味噌(みそ) (uo miso)
江戸(えど)味噌(みそ) (Edo miso)
岡崎(おかざき)味噌(みそ) (Okazaki miso)
落(おと)し味噌(みそ), 落(お)とし味噌(みそ) (otoshimiso)
牡蠣(かき)味噌(みそ) (kaki miso)
鰹(かつお)味噌(みそ) (katsuo miso)
蟹(かに)味噌(みそ) (kanimiso)
榧(かや)味噌(みそ) (kaya miso)
辛(から)味噌(みそ) (karamiso)
乾燥(かんそう)味噌(みそ) (kansō miso)
切(きり)味噌(みそ), 切(き)り味噌(みそ) (kirimiso)
径山寺(きんざんじ)味噌(みそ), 金山寺味噌(きんざんじみそ) (Kinzanji miso)
糞(くそ)味噌(みそ) (kuso miso)
五斗(ごと)味噌(みそ), 後藤(ごと)味噌(みそ) (goto miso)
粉(こな)味噌(みそ) (kona miso)
胡麻(ごま)味噌(みそ) (goma miso)
米(こめ)味噌(みそ) (kome miso)
西京(さいきょう)味噌(みそ) (Saikyō miso)
桜(さくら)味噌(みそ) (sakura miso)
山椒(さんしょう)味噌(みそ) (sanshō miso)
三年(さんねん)味噌(みそ) (sannen miso)
敷(しき)味噌(みそ), 敷(し)き味噌(みそ) (shikimiso)
生姜(しょうが)味噌(みそ) (shōga miso)
白(しろ)味噌(みそ) (shiromiso)
信州(しんしゅう)味噌(みそ) (Shinshū miso)
糂粏(じんだ)味噌(みそ) (jinda miso)
酢味噌(すみそ) (sumiso)
仙台(せんだい)味噌(みそ) (Sendai miso)
鯛(たい)味噌(みそ) (tai miso)
玉(たま)味噌(みそ) (tamamiso)
駄味噌(だみそ) (damiso)
垂(た)れ味噌(みそ) (taremiso)
鉄火(てっか)味噌(みそ) (tekka miso)
手味噌(てみそ) (temiso)
泣(なき)味噌(みそ), 泣(な)き味噌(みそ) (nakimiso)
生(なま)味噌(みそ) (namamiso)
なめ味噌(みそ), 嘗(な)め味噌(みそ) (namemiso)
肉(にく)味噌(みそ) (niku miso)
糠(ぬか)味噌(みそ) (nuka miso)
葱(ねぎ)味噌(みそ) (negi miso)
練(ね)味噌(みそ), 練(ね)り味噌(みそ), 煉(ね)り味噌(みそ) (nerimiso)
脳(のう)味噌(みそ) (nōmiso, “brains”)
八丁(はっちょう)味噌(みそ) (hatchō miso)
ピーナツ味噌(みそ) (pīnatsu miso)
蕗(ふき)味噌(みそ) (fukimiso)
袱(ふく)紗(さ)味噌(みそ) (fukusa miso)
朴(ほお)葉(ば)味噌(みそ) (hōba miso)
法論味噌(ほろみそ) (horomiso)
豆(まめ)味噌(みそ) (mame miso)
麦(むぎ)味噌(みそ) (mugi miso)
諸(もろ)味(み)味噌(みそ) (moromi miso)
焼(やき)味噌(みそ), 焼(や)き味噌(みそ) (yakimiso)
柚(ゆず)味噌(みそ) (yuzu miso), 柚味噌(ゆみそ) (yumiso)
弱(よわ)味噌(みそ) (yowamiso)

Idioms

Proverbs

味噌(みそ)も糞(くそ)も一緒(いっしょ) (miso mo kuso mo issho), 糞(くそ)も味噌(みそ)も一緒(いっしょ) (kuso mo miso mo issho)
鬼(おに)味噌(みそ) (oni miso)
長者(ちょうじゃ)の脛(はぎ)に味噌(みそ)を塗(ぬ)る (chōja no hagi ni miso o nuru)

Descendants

→ Chinese: 味噌
→ Min Nan: Mí-sooh
→ English: miso
→ French: miso
→ German: Miso
→ Hindi: मिसो (miso)
→ Italian: miso
→ Korean: 미소 (miso)
→ Macanese: miçó, missó
→ Persian: میسو (miso)
→ Portuguese: missô
→ Russian: ми́со (míso)
→ Spanish: miso

Proper noun

味(み)噌(そ) • (Miso)

a surname

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Vovin, Alexander (2007) “Korean Loanwords”, in Altai Hakpo (알타이학보)‎, volume 17, pages 77-78
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[KDJ-1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[2] Vovin, Alexander (2007) “Korean Loanwords”, in Altai Hakpo (알타이학보)‎, volume 17, pages 77-78

[DJR-3] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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味噌

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