味精
Chinese
taste | energy; perfect; excellent energy; perfect; excellent; refined; very; proficient | ||
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trad. (味精) | 味 | 精 | |
simp. #(味精) | 味 | 精 |
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 味精 (misei), coined by Kikunae Ikeda circa 1908. In Japan, it was renamed to 味の素 (ajinomoto) for commercial reasons.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): mei6 zing1
- Jin (Wiktionary): vei3 jing1
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- 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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未經/未经
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: mei6 zing1
- Yale: meih jīng
- Cantonese Pinyin: mei6 dzing1
- Guangdong Romanization: méi6 jing1
- Sinological IPA (key): /mei̯²² t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: vei3 jing1
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /vei⁴⁵ t͡ɕĩŋ¹¹/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Southern Min
Noun
(deprecated template usage) 味精
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 味精 (“monosodium glutamate”) [map]
Descendants
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