kimchi
nounattested in dialogue
- Australia
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.
noun
- 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.
"Yeah." He gestured to the kimchi. "Well, get it in ya, then." "It's better hot." she said.
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
slangA Korean person.
How did I know the kimchis were trying to smuggle the crate out of Japan?
In the United States, Germans are sometimes called "krauts" ... Koreans "kimchis," and poor white Southerners "crackers"...
... he doesn't know the difference between Ping-Pongs and Kimchis.
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.
Forms
- plural
- kimchis
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