bok
bok — noun
1. a type of Chinese cabbage with long dark green leaves and thick crunchy white st
a type of Chinese cabbage with long dark green leaves and thick crunchy white stalks, commonly used in stir-fried dishes and soups
Mert picked up two bunches of bok choy at the farmers' market this morning.
The bok choy stems need about three minutes in the wok before adding the leaves.
collocation: bok choy stems / bok choy leaves
Every spring, Devika plants bok choy seeds in her backyard vegetable patch.
Hiro sliced the bok choy lengthwise and dropped it into the noodle soup.
This Sichuan restaurant serves a spicy tofu dish loaded with fresh bok choy.
- bok choy
the full, more formal name; bok is the common clipped form
- pak choi
alternative Cantonese romanisation, more common in British English
- Chinese cabbage
broader category that includes both bok choy and napa cabbage
用法筆記
Bok is a shortened form of bok choy and is used the same way in cooking contexts. The vegetable is also known as pak choi or Chinese cabbage, though Chinese cabbage can also refer to the round-headed napa variety.