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bok_choy

bok choy

English

bok choy

Alternative forms

bak choy, bokchoi, bok choi, pak choi; baicai; pe-tsai, petsai

Noun

bok choy ‎(uncountable)

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

Synonyms

(Chinese cabbage): Chinese chard, Chinese mustard, celery mustard, spoon cabbage

Coordinate terms

napa cabbage, Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis; tatsoi

Translations

Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis

Arabic: كُرُنْب صِينِيّ ‎(kurunb ṣīniyy), بُوك تْشُوي m ‎(buk tšuy)
Chinese:

Cantonese: 白菜 ‎(baak⁶ coi³)

Mandarin: 白菜 (zh) ‎(báicài)

Min Nan: 白菜 ‎(pe̍h-chhài)
Esperanto:
Finnish: kiinankaali (fi)
French: pe-tsaï m, chou chinois (fr) m, chou de Pékin m
German: Chinakohl (de) m, Pekingkohl m, Japankohl m, Selleriekohl m, Pok Choi, Senfkohl
Greek: μποκ τσόι n ‎(bok tsói)
Hebrew: כרוב סיני
Italian: cavolo cinese m, pe-tsai m
Japanese: 白菜 (ja) ‎(はくさい, hakusai), ハクサイ ‎(hakusai)
Khmer: ស្ពៃក្រញាញ់ ‎(spey krɑɲaɲ)

Korean: 배추 (ko) ‎(baechu) / 백채 ‎(baekchae) (白菜 (ko))
Lao:
Lü: ᦕᧅᦂᦱᧆᦃᦱᧁ ‎(ṗhakk̇aadẋaav)
Maltese: kaboċċa Ċiniża
Navajo: Binááʼ Ádaałtsʼózí bichʼil łigaií
Portuguese: couve-chinesa f
Romanian: bok choy (ro), varză chinezească f
Russian: петса́й m ‎(petsáj), бокчо́й m ‎(bokčój), пеки́нская капу́ста f ‎(pekínskaja kapústa)
Spanish: berro chino m, repollo chino m, col china f
Swedish: kinakål (sv) c
Tagalog: petsay
Thai:
Tibetan: པད་ཚལ ‎(pad tshal)
Uyghur: بەسەي ‎(besey)
Vietnamese: bạch thái (白菜)

External links

bok choy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia