A method for measuring viscosity of liquid, in which a liquid detecting piece 3 is vibrated by a vibrator 1, vibration of the liquid detecting piece 3 in liquid 4 is detected, and viscosity of the liquid 4 is measured from vibration thus obtained, the method comprising the steps of detecting frequency and amplitude which are variable attributable to liquid-specific visco-elasticity from the vibration, obtaining impedance of the liquid from the frequency and the amplitude, and obtaining a dynamic viscosity from a real number part and an imaginary number part of the impedance. There is also disclosed a method for measuring visco-elasticity of liquid comprising the step of obtaining a dynamic viscosity, a dynamic elasticity and a static elasticity of the liquid from a real number part and an imaginary number part of the impedance. There is also disclosed an apparatus comprising a vibration-type liquid detecting apparatus U for performing the viscosity measurement and the visco-elasticity measurement, a frequency/amplitude detecting circuit 7, 8, an impedance computing circuit 9, a circuit 10a for computing a dynamic viscosity and a dynamic elasticity of the liquid and a circuit 10b for computing a static viscosity of the liquid.