bok choy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis, an East Asian leafy vegetable related to the Western cabbage.

bŏk'choi' /ˌbɒkˈt͡ʃɔɪ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-bok choy.wav

bok choy bak choy bokchoi bok choi pak choi baak choi baicai pe-tsai petsai pechay patchoi pak choy

Borrowed from Cantonese 白菜 (baak⁶ coi³, “white vegetable”). Doublet of pechay.

Chinese chard Chinese mustard celery mustard spoon cabbage

choy sum yin choy yu choy

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