味精

Chinese

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), 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

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Noun

味精

  1. monosodium glutamate; MSG

Synonyms

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (味精):
  • → Vietnamese: vị tinh (Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value))

Others:

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
味精

Noun

味精

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