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choy

choy

5 3.7
A leafy green vegetable like bok choy used in Asian cooking
  • noun
  • /tʃɔɪ/
translation icon : bok choy
  • Most ready-to-use stir-fry veggie combos offer a potent mix of antioxidants by including red and yellow peppers, onions, bok choy, and soybeans.
  • bok choy

You can find the produce sections, tomatoes, avocados, carrots, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, bok choy, onions, garlic.

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Examples

  • You can find the produce sections, tomatoes, avocados, carrots, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, bok choy, onions, garlic.

  • let me show you. We got some pasta, broccoli and bok choy and chicken.

  • Bok choy has great texture.

  • Day two of the Pak choy or Chinese cabbage, not a lot going on here.

  • 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)
  • But it's a group of foods like broccoli, kale, cauliflower, bok choy are all in this group.

  • I got him eating a bit of bok choy and collard greens today. Now, he didn't eat a whole lot of it, but he did eat, and he seems a bit more active today.

    Blog text (26)
  • Miso carrots, and then we've got a little bit of garlic bok choy.

  • Now she's got Hoot slicing peppers, bok choy, and water chestnuts for stir fry in the kitchen.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Stir-fried bok choy with garlic is a popular dish in many Asian cuisines.

Synonyms

bok choy
vschoy
3 4.0

A leafy Chinese cabbage with white stalks and dark green leaves used in Asian cooking

is a broader term for leafy Asian greens rather than one variety
1 2.3

A vegetable with long pale green leaves and thick white stalks used in Asian cooking

is a general name for leafy greens, not only headed forms
Brassica rapa chinensis
vschoy
  • Specialized
5.8

A leafy green vegetable with white stems and dark green leaves called bok choy used in Asian cooking

is a general name for leafy Asian vegetables including such varieties
pak choi
vschoy
4.4

A Chinese vegetable with crisp white stalks and dark green leaves used in Asian cooking

is the general label covering many leafy Chinese vegetable varieties
pakchoi
vschoy
7.4

An Asian vegetable with crisp white stems and dark green leaves used in stir-fries and salads

is the broader term that includes such specific leafy varieties

Compounds

3 4.0

A leafy Chinese cabbage with white stalks and dark green leaves used in Asian cooking

Surface Forms

choy singular
choys plural

Etymology

Choy comes from the Cantonese word choi and the Mandarin word cài, both meaning 'vegetable'. So choy simply names these leafy greens, and the common name bok choy means 'white' vegetable which helps you remember it.