bok choi

Questions about bok choi

What does bok choi mean?

bok choi means "Asiatic plant grown for its cluster of edible white stalks with dark green leaves". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for bok choi?

Close synonyms include bok choy, pakchoi, pak choi, Chinese white cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bok choi a common word?

bok choi is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.