# 維生素
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wéishēngsù
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄥ ㄙㄨˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wai$^4$ sang$^1$ sou$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): mì-sĕng-só
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ûi-seng-sò͘ / ûi-sng-sò͘ / î-sng-sò͘ / î-seng-sò͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): rui$^5$ sên$^1$ su$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$vi-sen-su
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wéishēngsù
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄥ ㄙㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wéishengsù
*** Wade–Giles: wei$^2$-shêng$^1$-su$^4$
*** Yale: wéi-shēng-sù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weishengsuh
*** Palladius: вэйшэнсу (vɛjšɛnsu)
*** Sinological IPA : /weɪ̯³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ su⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wai$^4$ sang$^1$ sou$^3$
*** Yale: wàih sāng sou
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wai$^4$ sang$^1$ sou$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wei$^4$ seng$^1$ sou$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /wɐi̯²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵ sou̯³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: mì-sĕng-só
*** Sinological IPA : /mi⁵³⁻²¹ $^{(s-)}$lɛiŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ $^{(s-)}$nou²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi-seng-sò͘
*** Tâi-lô: uî-sing-sòo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: uisengsox
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui¹³⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sɔ²¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ui²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sɔ²¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi-sng-sò͘
*** Tâi-lô: uî-sng-sòo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: uisngsox
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ui²⁴⁻²² sŋ̍³³ sɔ⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: î-sng-sò͘
*** Tâi-lô: î-sng-sòo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: isngsox
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /i²⁴⁻²² sŋ̍³³ sɔ⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: î-seng-sò͘
*** Tâi-lô: î-sing-sòo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: isengsox
*** IPA (Taipei): /i²⁴⁻¹¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sɔ¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /i²³⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sɔ²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: rui$^5$ sên$^1$ su$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jûi seⁿ sù
*** Sinological IPA : /d͡zui⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sẽ³³⁻²³ su²¹³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$vi-sen-su
*** MiniDict: vi$^去$ sen su
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$vi-sen-su
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /vi²² sən⁵⁵ su²¹/

### Noun

維生素
* vitamin

#### Usage notes

On the Chinese mainland, 維生素／维生素 (wéishēngsù) is the preferred term; 維他命／维他命 (wéitāmìng) is considered dated.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 維生素, 維他命 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 維他命, 維生素 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 維他命 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | витамин |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 維生素 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 維他命 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 維他命 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 維他命 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 維他命 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 維他命 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 維他命 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 維他命 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 維生素 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 維生素 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 維生素 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 維他命 GT, 維生素 GT, bi-tá-bín GT |
| Wu | Shanghai | 維他命 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |

#### Derived terms

* 水溶性維生素／水溶性维生素 (shuǐróngxìng wéishēngsù)
* 維生素A／维生素A (wéishēngsù-ēi)
* 維生素B／维生素B (wéishēngsù-bì)
* 維生素C／维生素C (wéishēngsù-sēi)
* 維生素D／维生素D (wéishēngsù-dì)
* 維生素E／维生素E (wéishēngsù-yì)
* 維生素K／维生素K (wéishēngsù-kèi)