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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 味素

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
味素 wèi sù - monosodium glutamate (MSG)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 69,323 - 72,344

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
味 wèi- taste
- smell
- (fig.) (noun suffix) feel
- quality
- sense
- (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription
素 sù- raw silk
- white
- plain, unadorned
- vegetarian (food)
- essence
- nature
- element
- constituent
- usually
- always
- ever

Other Words Containing 味素

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
味素 - - 69,323 - 72,344