# 味之素
## Chinese
### Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 味の素 (Ajinomoto).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wèizhīsù
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄓ ㄙㄨˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): mei$^6$ zi$^1$ sou$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): mi$^5$ zi$^1$ lhu$^{1*}$
* Gan (Wiktionary): 'ui$^5$ zi$^1$ su$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$vi-tsy$_1$-su$_5$; $^6$mi-tsy$_1$-su$_5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wèizhīsù
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄓ ㄙㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wèijhihsù
*** Wade–Giles: wei$^4$-chih$^1$-su$^4$
*** Yale: wèi-jr̄-sù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weyjysuh
*** Palladius: вэйчжису (vɛjčžisu)
*** Sinological IPA : /weɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ su⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mei$^6$ zi$^1$ sou$^3$
*** Yale: meih jī sou
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mei$^6$ dzi$^1$ sou$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: méi$^6$ ji$^1$ sou$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /mei̯²² t͡siː⁵⁵ sou̯³³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: mi$^5$ zi$^1$ lhu$^{1*}$
*** Sinological IPA : /ᵐbi³² t͡si³³ ɬu³³⁻³³⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: 'ui$^5$ zi$^1$ su$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /ˈui¹¹ t͡sz̩⁴² su³⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$vi-tsy$_1$-su$_5$; $^6$mi-tsy$_1$-su$_5$
*** MiniDict: vi$^去$ tsy$^平$ su$^去$; mi$^去$ tsy$^平$ su$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$vi-tsr$_1$-su$_2$; $^3$mi-tsr$_1$-su$_2$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /vi²² t͡sz̩⁵⁵ su²¹/, /mi²² t͡sz̩⁵⁵ su²¹/

### Noun

味之素
* (dated or Taishanese, Gan, Wu) 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 |