choy sum

English

Alternative forms

• choi sum

Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 菜心 (coi3 sam1, literally “vegetable heart”).

Noun

choy sum (uncountable)

1. A Chinese vegetable, a variety of subspecies, similar to bok choy but slimmer, with smooth green leaves and pale green stems, and clusters of flowers on the tips of the inner shoots

Synonyms

• (Brassica rapa parachinensis): Chinese flowering cabbage, caixin

Translations

vegetable

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 菜心 (coi³ sam¹)

  Mandarin: 菜心 (zh) (càixīn)

  Min Nan: 菜心 (chhài-sim)

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• Japanese: 菜心 (さいしん, saishin)
• Korean: 채심 (chaesim) (菜心)

References

• Marie Claire Food + Drink by Michele Cranston (Murdoch Books, 2001)

Further reading

• Category:Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Chinese cabbage on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Yochums, chymous