Dictionary

bok choy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• bŏk'choi' (General-American)
• /ˌbɒkˈt͡ʃɔɪ/ (General-American)
• (US) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (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:

Forms

Coordinates

Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis · napa cabbage · tatsoi

Relateds

choy sum · yin choy · yu choy

Synonyms

celery mustard (Chinese cabbage) · Chinese mustard (Chinese cabbage) · spoon cabbage (Chinese cabbage) · Chinese chard (Chinese cabbage)

Translations (53)

af pak-choi (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) · ko 배추 (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) · ar بُوك تْشُوي (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) · lv Āzijas kāposts (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) · sv sellerikål (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) · mn юуцай (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) · th กวางตุ้ง (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) · it cavolo cinese (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) · ru петса́й (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) · vi cải thìa (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) · kn ಬಾಯ್ ಚಾಯ್ (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) · de Japankohl (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) · fr pe-tsaï (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) · ro varză chinezească (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) · fr chou de Pékin (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) · es col china (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) · ro bok choy (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) · tr pakçoy (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) · ru пеки́нская капу́ста (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) · de Pekingkohl (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) · hu kínai kel (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) · he כרוב סיני (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) · de Pak Choi (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) · fr chou chinois (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) · lv pakčojs (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) · nv Binááʼ Ádaałtsʼózí bichʼil łigaií (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) · tl petsay (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) · tl buktsoy (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) · it pe-tsai (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) · ug بەسەي (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) · ru бокчо́й (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) · khb ᦕᧅᦂᦱᧆᦃᦱᧁ (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) · de Selleriekohl (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) · fi pinaattikiinankaali (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) · es berro chino (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) · ar كُرُنْب صِينِيّ (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) · es repollo chino (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) · bo པད་ཚལ (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) · el μποκ τσόι (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) · fi paksoi (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) · af paksoi (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) · yue 白菜 (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) · pl kapusta właściwa chińska (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) · my မုန်ညင်းဖြူ (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) · ko 백채 (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) · mt kaboċċa Ċiniża (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) · pt couve-chinesa (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) · ja 青梗菜 (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) · nan-hbl 白菜 (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) · de Senfkohl (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) · de Chinakohl (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) · km ស្ពៃតឿ (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) · cmn 小白菜 (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis)