pakchoi

Other forms of pakchoi

plural

pakchois·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pakchoi

What does pakchoi mean?

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

How many syllables are in pakchoi?

pakchoi has 2 syllables and divides as pak-choi under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for pakchoi?

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

pakchoi 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.