味精

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Chinese

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 味精(みせい) (misei), coined by Kikunae Ikeda circa 1908. In Japan, it was renamed to (あじ)(もと) (ajinomoto) for commercial reasons.

Pronunciation


Noun

(deprecated template usage) 味精

  1. monosodium glutamate; MSG

Synonyms

Descendants

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

(deprecated template usage)