bok choy

Noun CEFR B2

ˌbɒkˈt͡ʃɔɪ

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Españolberro chino col china repollo chino

Françaisbok choy chou chinois chou de Pékinpe-tsaï

DeutschChinakohl Japankohl Pak ChoiPekingkohl Selleriekohl Senfkohl

17 more languages

العربيةبُوك تْشُوي كُرُنْب صِينِيّ

བོད་སྐད།པད་ཚལ

Češtinabok čoj

Ελληνικάμποκ τσόι

Suomipaksoi pinaattikiinankaali

Italianocavolo cinese pe-tsai

日本語青梗菜

한국어박초이 배추 백채

မြန်မာမုန်ညင်းဖြူ

Portuguêscouve-chinesa

Românăvarză chinezească

Русскийбокчой пекинская капу́ста петсай

Svenskasellerikål

ไทยกวางตุ้ง

Tagalogbuktsoy petsay

ئۇيغۇرچەبەسەي

Tiếng Việtcải thìa

Examples

“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 ⟳.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

bok chwee Bok globule bok zwee bok-bok Bokaiyfushi Bokardo

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