bok choy
/ˌbɒkˈt͡ʃɔɪ/
bok choy noun: chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis, an East Asian leafy vegetable related to the Western cabbage.
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Noun
bok choy (uncountable)
- Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis, an East Asian leafy vegetable related to the Western cabbage.
- A new highway near Hong Kong has the right-of-way where a farmer now squeezes in a patch of bok choy. In the past decade development has overrun much of China's arable land.1998 October, T. R. Reid, “Feeding the Planet”, in National Geographic, number 4, page 75
- Synonyms:
- Chinese chard, Chinese mustard, celery mustard, spoon cabbage
bok choy meaning in Kannada, Tagalog, Arabic and Thai
bok choy in Kannada
- Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis
- ಬಾಯ್ ಚಾಯ್ bāy cāy
bok choy in Tagalog
- Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis
- petsay, buktsoy
bok choy in Arabic
- Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis
- كُرُنْب صِينِيّ kurunb ṣīniyy, بُوك تْشُوي buk tšuy
bok choy in Thai
- Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis
- กวางตุ้ง gwaang-dtûng
More languagesFewer languages
- bok choy in Vietnamese
- cải thìa
- bok choy in Myanmar
- မုန်ညင်းဖြူ munnyang:hpru
Synonyms of bok choy
- Chinese chard
- Chinese mustard
- celery mustard
- spoon cabbage
Forms of bok choy
| alternative form | bak choy |
|---|---|
| alternative form | bokchoi |
| alternative form | bok choi |
| alternative form | pak choi |
| alternative form | baak choi |
| alternative form | baicai |
| alternative form | pe-tsai |
| alternative form | petsai |
| alternative form | pechay |
| alternative form | patchoi |
| alternative form | pak choy |
Origin of bok choy
Borrowed from Cantonese 白菜 (baak⁶ coi³, “white vegetable”). Doublet of pechay.
Words that rhyme with bok choy
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- JOI
- joy
- alloy
- Amoy
- cloy
- convoy
- deploy
- goy
- oi
- overjoy
- ploy
- travois
- ahoy
- annoy
- catboy
- Choi
- foxboy
- foy
- Hanoi
- hoi polloi
- kathoey
- poi
- Saint Croix
- soy
- Sukhoi
- accoy
- cocky's joy
- diaperboy
- doy
- Floy
- hoi
- hoo, boy
- hoy
- killjoy
- Kilroy
- koi
- loy
- man and boy
- noy
- oe
- oy
- pick-me boy
- ploye
- po' boy
- puppyboy
- Savoie
- stroy
- sugoi
Questions about bok choy
- What does bok choy mean?
- Bok choy means chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis, an East Asian leafy vegetable related to the Western cabbage.
- What is bok choy in Kannada?
- Bok choy in Kannada is ಬಾಯ್ ಚಾಯ್ (bāy cāy). See Bok choy meaning in Kannada.
- What part of speech is bok choy?
- Bok choy is a noun.
- How do you pronounce bok choy?
- Bok choy is pronounced /ˌbɒkˈt͡ʃɔɪ/ (US).
Words near bok choy in the dictionary
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