味精
Chinese
| taste | energy; perfect; excellent; refined; very; proficient | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (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
Synonyms
| Dialectal synonyms of 味精 (“monosodium glutamate”) [map] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 穀氨酸鈉 Mainland, 麩胺酸鈉 Taiwan | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 味精 |
| Taiwan | 味精 | |
| Harbin | 味之素 dated | |
| Wuhan | 味之素 | |
| Guiyang | 味精 | |
| Yangzhou | 味之素 dated | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 味精 |
| Hong Kong | 味精 | |
| Taishan | 味之素 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 味之素 |
| Pingxiang | 味精 | |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 味素 |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 甜粉 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 味精 |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 味四素, 味精 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 味素 |
| Matsu | 味素 | |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 味素粉 |
| Quanzhou | 味素粉 | |
| Zhangzhou | 味素, 味素粉 | |
| Taipei | 味素, 味素粉 mT | |
| Kaohsiung | 味素 | |
| Tainan | 味素 | |
| Taichung | 味素 | |
| Wuqi | 味素 | |
| Hsinchu | 味素 | |
| Taitung | 味素 | |
| Lukang | 味素 | |
| Yilan | 味素 | |
| Magong | 味素 | |
| Penang | 味素粉 | |
| Chaozhou | 味精 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 味之素 |
| Suzhou | 味之素 | |
| Hangzhou | 味精 | |
| Wenzhou | 味之素 dated | |
| Chongming | 味之素 | |
| Ningbo | 味之素 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 味子素 |
| Note | mT - mainstream Taiwanese (no particular region identified) | |
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