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pechay.

the Chinese cabbage (either napa cabbage or bok choy)

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. the Chinese cabbage (either napa cabbage or bok choy)

    Philippines
Where this word comes from

From Hokkien 白菜 (pe̍h-chhài, “Chinese cabbage”, literally “white vegetable”). Doublet of bok choy.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.