bok choy
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- noun
- /ˈbɑk ˈtʃɔɪ/
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bok choy
- But it's a group of foods like broccoli, kale, cauliflower, bok choy are all in this group.
- baby bok choy
- mushrooms and bok choy
- bok choy and cabbage
But it's a group of foods like broccoli, kale, cauliflower, bok choy are all in this group.
- But it's a group of foods like broccoli, kale, cauliflower, bok choy are all in this group.
Examples
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Now she's got Hoot slicing peppers, bok choy, and water chestnuts for stir fry in the kitchen.
Fiction book (1994) -
Serve on a bed of cooked green vegetables, such as bok choy or broccoli.
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let me show you. We got some pasta, broccoli and bok choy and chicken.
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- Yeah, actually, I mixed up the-- the monkfish and the bok choy empanadas.
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Shrimp and bok choy.
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It includes bok choy, kohlrabi, radish, and a few other ones as well.
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Some fruits and vegetables, like kiwi and bok choy, are loaded with important nutrients and already have a home on American tables.
Academic text (1995) -
Entering the local greengrocer, with its bins full of produce of every sort, from artichokes to zucchini—indeed, from bok choy to tomatillos—
Academic text (1995) -
In a bowl, toss the scallions and ginger with the bok choy sections.
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Stir in the cooked noodles and bok choy slices and cook for about 2 minutes.
Synonyms
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A leafy green vegetable like bok choy used in Asian cooking
A leafy green vegetable with white stems and dark green leaves called bok choy used in Asian cooking
A Chinese vegetable with crisp white stalks and dark green leaves used in Asian cooking
An Asian vegetable with crisp white stems and dark green leaves used in stir-fries and salads
A leafy vegetable with white stalks and dark green leaves used in Asian cooking
A vegetable with a long head and crisp stalks like celery used in East Asian cooking
A leafy green vegetable used in Asian cooking like bok choy
How Bitter
Surface Forms
Morphology
bok + choy
The compound is a loanword (Cantonese baak choi) and the second element 'choy' signals a leafy vegetable, so a learner who knows the constituents could infer it names a vegetable. However the specific variety (Chinese cabbage with white stalks) and the meaning of 'bok' ('white' in Cantonese) are lexicalized and culture-specific, so the full referent is not fully predictable from the parts.
Etymology
Bok choy comes from Cantonese words bok and choy, which mean 'white' and 'vegetable'. The name points to its pale white stalks and green leaves, so today bok choy simply means 'a kind of Chinese cabbage'.