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polonchay

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
polon-chay
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Chinese spinach

Uncountable

Etymology

From Hokkien 菠倫菜 /菠伦菜 (po͘-lûn-chhài, “spinach”).

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

polunchay (alternative) polon chay (alternative) polon chai (alternative) polun chai (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

kuchay pechay kiamchay kinchay

Questions

What does polonchay mean?
Chinese spinach
Where does polonchay come from?
From Hokkien 菠倫菜 /菠伦菜 (po͘-lûn-chhài, “spinach”).

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