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味精

wèi jīng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

味精 (wèi jīng) means "monosodium glutamate (MSG)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 味精 means

1. monosodium glutamate (MSG)

The characters in 味精

• 味wèitaste; smell; (fig.) (noun suffix) feel
• 精jīngessence; extract; vitality

Sounds the same

Read wèi jīng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 未经not having undergone; without (having gone though a certain process)

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