# 味精 (wèijīng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 味精 (wèijīng) means “monosodium glutamate (MSG)”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: monosodium glutamate (MSG)
- Pinyin: wèijīng (wei4 jing1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 我做菜不喜欢放味精。
  Wǒ zuòcài bù xǐhuan fàng wèijīng.
  I don't like putting MSG in my cooking.

## Characters

- 味 (wèi): taste; smell; flavor; character; atmosphere
- [精](https://hanziro.com/word/jing-refined/) (jīng): refined; shrewd

https://hanziro.com/word/wei-jing-monosodium-glutamate/

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