also: ウェイパァー
Weipa seasoning
A trademarked Chinese-style seasoning paste, commonly used in Japanese home cooking for soups and stir-fries.
When you dissolve Weipa in soup, it adds depth.
Adding a little Weipa to stir-fried vegetables gives them a Chinese-style flavor.
Standard kanji spelling for the product name; the reading is an approximation of the Chinese pronunciation.
Common katakana spelling.
Variant katakana spelling; less common.
From Chinese 味霸 (wèibà), a brand name for a seasoning paste. The Japanese reading ウェイパー approximates the Chinese pronunciation.