kimchi
KIM-chee/ˈkɪmt͡ʃi/
Pluralkimchis (some meanings)
- 1A spicy Korean food made from salted, seasoned vegetables such as cabbage, left to sour over time.
Like a sour, spicy version of pickled vegetables.
We had rice and kimchi for dinner last night.
She makes a big batch of kimchi every fall and shares it with neighbors.
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- 2A rude and offensive word for a Korean person.
Some kids cruelly called him a kimchi because of where his family came from.
She was hurt when a stranger yelled "kimchi" at her on the bus.
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Origin
From Korean gimchi, made from Chinese-based word parts meaning "soaked" and "vegetable," so "fermented vegetable."