# 味精
## Chinese
### 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

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wèijīng
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄐㄧㄥ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): mei$^6$ zing$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): mei$^5$ den$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): vei$^3$ jing$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): mī-céng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): bī-cheng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bhi$^7$ zêng$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$vi-cin$_1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wèijīng
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄐㄧㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wèijing
*** Wade–Giles: wei$^4$-ching$^1$
*** Yale: wèi-jīng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weyjing
*** Palladius: вэйцзин (vɛjczin)
*** Sinological IPA : /weɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$味精 未經／未经
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mei$^6$ zing$^1$
*** Yale: meih jīng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mei$^6$ dzing$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: méi$^6$ jing$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /mei̯²² t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: mei$^5$ den$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ᵐbei³² ten³³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: vei$^3$ jing$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /vei⁴⁵ t͡ɕĩŋ¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mī-céng
*** Sinological IPA : /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: bhi$^7$ zêng$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bī tseng
*** Sinological IPA : /bi¹¹ t͡seŋ³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$vi-cin$_1$
*** MiniDict: vi$^去$ cin$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$vi-jin$_1$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /vi²² t͡ɕin⁴⁴/

### Noun

味精
* monosodium glutamate; MSG

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 味精, 味素, 穀氨酸鈉 Mainland, 麩胺酸鈉 Taiwan |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 味精 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 味之素 dated |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 味精 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 味之素 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 味精 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 味精 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 味之素 dated |
| Mandarin | Fuzhou (Qinjiang, Changle) | 味之素 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 味精, 味粉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 味精, 師傅 slang |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 味之素 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 味之素 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 味精 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 味素 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 味素 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 味素 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 味素 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 味素 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 甜粉 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 味精 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 味四素, 味精 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 味素 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 味素 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 味素粉 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 味素粉 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 味素, 味素粉 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 味素粉 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 味素粉 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 味素 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 味素 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 味素 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 味素 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 味素 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 味素 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 味素 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 味素 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 味素 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 味素 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 味素 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 味素 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 味素 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 味素 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 味素 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 味素, 味素粉 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 味素 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 味素 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 味素 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 味素粉 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 味素 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 味素 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 味素粉 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 味精 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 味精 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 味素 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 味精 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 味精 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 味之素, 味精 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 味之素 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 味之素 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 味精 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 味之素 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 味之素 dated |
| Xiang | Changsha | 味子素 |

#### Descendants

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