Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

petsai

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pet-sai
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Chinese cabbage (either napa cabbage or bok choy)

Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 白菜 (pe̍h-chhài). Doublet of pechay and bok choy.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

pe-tsai (alternative) pechay (alternative, Philippines)

Questions

What does petsai mean?: Chinese cabbage (either napa cabbage or bok choy)
Where does petsai come from?: Borrowed from Hokkien 白菜 (pe̍h-chhài). Doublet of pechay and bok choy.

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