bitsin

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• vetsin

Etymology

From English vetsin, a genericized trademark of Tien Chu Ve-Tsin food company, or its particular Chinese reading in Hokkien 味精 (bī-cheng). The Ve-Tsin (味精) trademark itself comes from Shanghainese 味精 (⁶vi-cin₁), which is ultimately from Japanese 味(み)精(せい) (misei).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bitˈsin/ [bɪˈt͡sin̪]
• Hyphenation: bit‧sin

Noun

bitsin

1. MSG; monosodium glutamate

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /biˈt͡ʃin/ [bɪˈt͡ʃin̪]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /bitˈsin/ [bɪt̪ˈsin̪]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: bit‧sin

Noun

bitsín (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ᜔)

1. Alternative form of betsin