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味噌

Mandarin · pinyin wèi cēng

miso (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 味噌 "miso")
also pr. wèi zēng

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味: wèi · taste, smell, odor; delicacy
噌: cēng · scold, shout at

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4–1 · wei4 ceng1

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mei6 zang1

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noun

miso (fermenting soybean paste)

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