pak choi

Questions about pak choi

What does pak choi mean?

pak choi means "Asiatic plant grown for its cluster of edible white stalks with dark green leaves".

What is another word for pak choi?

Close synonyms include bok choy, bok choi, pakchoi, 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 pak choi a common word?

pak 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.