betsin

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Tagalog[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Genericized trademark of English Tien Chun Ve-Tsin food company and/or its particular Chinese reading in Hokkien 味精 (bī-cheng).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbet͡ʃin/, [ˈbɛ.t͡ʃɪn]
  • Hyphenation: bet‧sin

Noun[edit]

betsin (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ᜔) (chemistry)

  1. monosodium glutamate

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Further reading[edit]

  • “betsin”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 18
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