# kimchi

Pronunciation: say "KIM-chee" /ˈkɪmt͡ʃi/

## Noun

1. A Korean dish of salted and seasoned vegetables such as cabbage or radish, stored in sealed containers to ferment through lactic acid.
   - Simple: A spicy Korean food made from salted, seasoned vegetables such as cabbage, left to sour over time.
   - _The restaurant set out small bowls of kimchi alongside every main course._
   - _He learned to make kimchi from his grandmother, packing the cabbage into sealed jars to sour._
2. An offensive slang term for a Korean person, used as an ethnic slur. *(slang)*
   - Simple: A rude and offensive word for a Korean person.
   - _The landlord muttered something ugly, calling the tenant a kimchi as he slammed the door._
   - _Old propaganda posters dehumanized Korean laborers, branding them kimchis in crude print._

## Origin

Borrowed from Korean 김치 (gimchi), which was formed within Korea from Chinese-derived elements 沉 ("submerged, soaked") and 菜 ("vegetable"), meaning "fermented vegetable." It is a doublet of kimuchi.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/kimchi (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).