kimchi

See also: Kimchi, kim chi, and kim chỉ

English

Alternative forms

• kimchee, kim chee, gimchee, gimchi

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 김치 (gimchi), ultimately composed within Korea of Chinese-derived morphemes 沉 (MC drim, “submerged, soaked”) and 菜 (MC tshojH, “vegetable”), i.e. "fermented vegetable". Doublet of kimuchi.

Kimchi

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

kimchi (usually uncountable, plural kimchis)

1. A Korean dish made of vegetables, such as cabbage or radishes, that are salted, seasoned, and stored in sealed containers to undergo lactic acid fermentation.
   • 2019 January 26, Jo Storm, Snowhook‎^[1], Dundurn, →ISBN:

     "Yeah." He gestured to the kimchi. "Well, get it in ya, then."
     "It's better hot." she said.

   • 2023 June 29, Violet Kim, “Korean food: 39 dishes we can’t live without”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     Despite the stew’s debt to kimchi, you know it has come into its own when it’s served with kimchi as a side dish.

2. (countable, slang, ethnic slur, derogatory) A Korean person.
   • 1994, Richard Marcinko, Rogue Warrior II: Red Cell, Pocket Books, page 238:

     How did I know the kimchis were trying to smuggle the crate out of Japan?

   • 2007, Pamela Goyan Kittler, Kathryn Sucher, Food and Culture, Cengage Learning, page 5:

     In the United States, Germans are sometimes called "krauts" ... Koreans "kimchis," and poor white Southerners "crackers"...

   • 2011, Gerald M. Weinberg, Freshman Murders, Weinberg & Weinberg:

     ... he doesn't know the difference between Ping-Pongs and Kimchis.

Derived terms

• kimchi-jjigae
• kimslaw

Translations

Korean dish

• Arabic:

  Hijazi Arabic: كِمْتْشي m (kimtši)

• Armenian: կիմչի (kimčʻi)
• Bulgarian: ки́мчи n (kímči)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 泡菜 (paau³ coi³)

  Mandarin: 韓式泡菜 / 韩式泡菜 (Hánshì pàocài), 韓國泡菜 / 韩国泡菜 (zh) (Hánguó pàocài), 辛奇 (zh) (xīnqí), 泡菜 (zh) (pàocài)

• Czech: kimči n
• Esperanto: kimĉio
• Finnish: kimchi (fi)
• French: kimchi (fr) m
• German: Kimchi (de) n
• Hebrew: קִימְצִ׳י m (kimchí)
• Indonesian: kimci
• Italian: kimchi (it) m
• Japanese: キムチ (ja) (kimuchi)
• Khmer: គីមឈី (kiimchii)
• Korean: 김치 (ko) (gimchi), 짠지 (ko) (jjanji) (dialectal), 짐치 (jimchi) (dialectal)
• Latvian: kimči m pl
• Macedonian: ки́мчи n (kímči)
• Navajo: gímchi
• Polish: kimchi (pl) n
• Portuguese: kimchi m
• Russian: кимчхи́ (ru) f or n (kimčxí), кимчи́ (ru) f or n (kimčí)
• Spanish: kimchi (es) m
• Swedish: kimchi (sv) c
• Thai: กิมจิ (th) (gim-jì)
• Vietnamese: kim chi

ethnic slur for Koreans

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 高麗棒子 / 高丽棒子 (zh) (Gāolí bàngzi), 韓棒子 / 韩棒子 (zh) (Hánbàngzi), 棒子 (zh) (bàngzi)

• Esperanto: koreaĉo
• Japanese: チョン (ja) (chon)
• Korean: 김치남 (gimchinam), 김치녀 (gimchinyeo)
• Polish: Koreaniec m, skośnooki (pl) m, Korejczyk (pl) m
• Thai: เกาหี (th) (gao-hǐi), เกาเหลา (th) (gao-lǎo)

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 김치 (gimchi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkimtʃi/, [ˈk̟im.t̪ʃi]
• Rhymes: -imtʃi
• Syllabification^(key): kim‧chi
• Hyphenation^(key): kim‧chi

Noun

kimchi

1. kimchi

Declension

Inflection of kimchi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		kimchi	kimchit
genitive		kimchin	kimchien
partitive		kimchiä	kimchejä
illative		kimchiin	kimcheihin
		singular	plural
nominative		kimchi	kimchit
accusative	nom.	kimchi	kimchit
	gen.	kimchin
genitive		kimchin	kimchien
partitive		kimchiä	kimchejä
inessive		kimchissä	kimcheissä
elative		kimchistä	kimcheistä
illative		kimchiin	kimcheihin
adessive		kimchillä	kimcheillä
ablative		kimchiltä	kimcheiltä
allative		kimchille	kimcheille
essive		kimchinä	kimcheinä
translative		kimchiksi	kimcheiksi
abessive		kimchittä	kimcheittä
instructive		—	kimchein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of kimchi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative kimchini kimchini accusative nom. kimchini kimchini gen. kimchini genitive kimchini kimchieni partitive kimchiäni kimchejäni inessive kimchissäni kimcheissäni elative kimchistäni kimcheistäni illative kimchiini kimcheihini adessive kimchilläni kimcheilläni ablative kimchiltäni kimcheiltäni allative kimchilleni kimcheilleni essive kimchinäni kimcheinäni translative kimchikseni kimcheikseni abessive kimchittäni kimcheittäni instructive — — comitative — kimcheineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative kimchisi kimchisi accusative nom. kimchisi kimchisi gen. kimchisi genitive kimchisi kimchiesi partitive kimchiäsi kimchejäsi inessive kimchissäsi kimcheissäsi elative kimchistäsi kimcheistäsi illative kimchiisi kimcheihisi adessive kimchilläsi kimcheilläsi ablative kimchiltäsi kimcheiltäsi allative kimchillesi kimcheillesi essive kimchinäsi kimcheinäsi translative kimchiksesi kimcheiksesi abessive kimchittäsi kimcheittäsi instructive — — comitative — kimcheinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative kimchimme kimchimme accusative nom. kimchimme kimchimme gen. kimchimme genitive kimchimme kimchiemme partitive kimchiämme kimchejämme inessive kimchissämme kimcheissämme elative kimchistämme kimcheistämme illative kimchiimme kimcheihimme adessive kimchillämme kimcheillämme ablative kimchiltämme kimcheiltämme allative kimchillemme kimcheillemme essive kimchinämme kimcheinämme translative kimchiksemme kimcheiksemme abessive kimchittämme kimcheittämme instructive — — comitative — kimcheinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative kimchinne kimchinne accusative nom. kimchinne kimchinne gen. kimchinne genitive kimchinne kimchienne partitive kimchiänne kimchejänne inessive kimchissänne kimcheissänne elative kimchistänne kimcheistänne illative kimchiinne kimcheihinne adessive kimchillänne kimcheillänne ablative kimchiltänne kimcheiltänne allative kimchillenne kimcheillenne essive kimchinänne kimcheinänne translative kimchiksenne kimcheiksenne abessive kimchittänne kimcheittänne instructive — — comitative — kimcheinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative kimchinsä kimchinsä accusative nom. kimchinsä kimchinsä gen. kimchinsä genitive kimchinsä kimchiensä partitive kimchiään kimchiänsä kimchejään kimchejänsä inessive kimchissään kimchissänsä kimcheissään kimcheissänsä elative kimchistään kimchistänsä kimcheistään kimcheistänsä illative kimchiinsä kimcheihinsä adessive kimchillään kimchillänsä kimcheillään kimcheillänsä ablative kimchiltään kimchiltänsä kimcheiltään kimcheiltänsä allative kimchilleen kimchillensä kimcheilleen kimcheillensä essive kimchinään kimchinänsä kimcheinään kimcheinänsä translative kimchikseen kimchiksensä kimcheikseen kimcheiksensä abessive kimchittään kimchittänsä kimcheittään kimcheittänsä instructive — — comitative — kimcheineen kimcheinensä

Further reading

• “kimchi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 김치 (gimchi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kimt.ʃi/

Noun

kimchi m (plural kimchis)

1. kimchi

Polish

kimchi

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English kimchi, from Korean 김치 (gimchi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkim.t͡ʂi/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -imt͡ʂi
• Syllabification: kim‧chi

Noun

kimchi n (indeclinable)

1. kimchi (Korean dish made of vegetables, such as cabbage or radishes, that are salted, seasoned, and stored in sealed containers to undergo lactic acid fermentation)

Further reading

• “kimchi”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[4] (in Polish)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 김치 (gimchi). See there for more information.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkimt͡ʃi/ [ˈkĩm.t͡ʃi], /ˈkint͡ʃi/ [ˈkĩnʲ.t͡ʃi]
• Rhymes: -imtʃi, -intʃi
• Syllabification: kim‧chi

Noun

kimchi m (plural kimchis)

1. kimchi

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 김치 (gimchi).

Noun

kimchi c

1. kimchi

Declension

Declension of kimchi

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kimchi	kimchis
	definite	kimchin	kimchins
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—