維生素

See also: 维生素

Chinese

	to sustain one's life; to survive	plain; element
trad. (維生素)	維生	素
simp. (维生素)	维生	素
Literally: “element for maintaining life”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wéishēngsù

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄥㄙㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁴ sang¹ sou³
Eastern Min (BUC): mì-sĕng-só
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ûi-seng-sò͘ / ûi-sng-sò͘ / î-sng-sò͘ / î-seng-sò͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): rui⁵ sên¹ su³
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶vi-sen-su

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wéishēngsù
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄥㄙㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wéishengsù
  - Wade–Giles: wei²-shêng¹-su⁴
  - Yale: wéi-shēng-sù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weishengsuh
  - Palladius: вэйшэнсу (vɛjšɛnsu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ su⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wai⁴ sang¹ sou³
  - Yale: wàih sāng sou
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁴ sang¹ sou³
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei⁴ seng¹ sou³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵ sou̯³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: mì-sĕng-só
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁵³⁻²¹ ^(s-)lɛiŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(s-)nou²¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi-seng-sò͘
  - Tâi-lô: uî-sing-sòo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uisengsox
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui¹³⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sɔ²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ui²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sɔ²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi-sng-sò͘
  - Tâi-lô: uî-sng-sòo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uisngsox
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ui²⁴⁻²² sŋ̍³³ sɔ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: î-sng-sò͘
  - Tâi-lô: î-sng-sòo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: isngsox
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /i²⁴⁻²² sŋ̍³³ sɔ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: î-seng-sò͘
  - Tâi-lô: î-sing-sòo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: isengsox
  - IPA (Taipei): /i²⁴⁻¹¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sɔ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /i²³⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sɔ²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: rui⁵ sên¹ su³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jûi seⁿ sù
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡zui⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sẽ³³⁻²³ su²¹³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶vi-sen-su
  - MiniDict: vi^去 sen su
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³vi-sen-su
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /vi²² sən⁵⁵ su²¹/

Noun

維生素

vitamin

Usage notes

On the Chinese mainland, 維生素／维生素 (wéishēngsù) is the preferred term; 維他命／维他命 (wéitāmìng) is considered dated.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 維生素 (“vitamin”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		維生素, 維他命
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	維他命, 維生素
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	維他命
Central Plains Mandarin	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	витамин
Cantonese	Guangzhou	維生素
Cantonese	Hong Kong	維他命
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	維他命
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	維他命
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	維他命
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	維他命
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	維他命
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	維他命
Southern Min	Xiamen	維生素
	Quanzhou	維生素
	Zhangzhou	維生素
	Taipei	維他命 GT, 維生素 GT, bi-tá-bín GT
Wu	Shanghai	維他命
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Derived terms

水溶性維生素 / 水溶性维生素 (shuǐróngxìng wéishēngsù)
維生素A / 维生素A (wéishēngsù-ēi)
維生素B / 维生素B (wéishēngsù-bì)
維生素C / 维生素C (wéishēngsù-sēi)
維生素D / 维生素D (wéishēngsù-dì)
維生素E / 维生素E (wéishēngsù-yì)
維生素K / 维生素K (wéishēngsù-kèi)