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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pechay

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pechay
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

the Chinese cabbage (either napa cabbage or bok choy)

Etymology

From Hokkien 白菜 (pe̍h-chhài, “Chinese cabbage”, literally “white vegetable”). Doublet of bok choy.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

pechays (plural) petsai (alternative) pe-tsai (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

kiamchay kinchay polonchay kuchay

Questions

What does pechay mean?
the Chinese cabbage (either napa cabbage or bok choy)
Where does pechay come from?
From Hokkien 白菜 (pe̍h-chhài, “Chinese cabbage”, literally “white vegetable”). Doublet of bok choy.

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