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kimchi

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. A Korean dish made of vegetables, such as cabbage or radishes, that are salted, seasoned, and stored in sealed containers to undergo lactic acid fermentation.
  2. A Korean person.

Equivalents

Españolkimchi
Françaiskimchi
DeutschKimchi
15 more languages
Българскикимчи
Češtinakimči
Suomikimchi
Հայերենկիմչի
Bahasa Indonesiakimci
Italianokimchi
ភាសាខ្មែរគីមឈី
Polskikimchi
Portuguêskimchi
Svenskakimchi
Tiếng Việtkim chi

Examples

“"Yeah." He gestured to the kimchi. "Well, get it in ya, then." "It's better hot." she said.”
Despite the stew’s debt to kimchi, you know it has come into its own when it’s served with kimchi as a side dish.”
How did I know the kimchis were trying to smuggle the crate out of Japan?”
“In the United States, Germans are sometimes called "krauts" ... Koreans "kimchis," and poor white Southerners "crackers"...”
“... he doesn't know the difference between Ping-Pongs and Kimchis.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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