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kiam chye

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.23 in modern English

Syllables
ki-am chye
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Salted vegetables.

Uncountable

noun

Very crumpled items (eg. paper, clothes).

Uncountable

Etymology

From Hokkien 鹹菜 /咸菜 (kiâm-chhài).

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

kiamchay (alternative) kiam-chay (alternative) kiam chai (alternative)

Questions

What does kiam chye mean?
Salted vegetables.
Where does kiam chye come from?
From Hokkien 鹹菜 /咸菜 (kiâm-chhài).

How to pronounce kiam chye

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