Etymology

kiam chye

Today it means: Salted vegetables. Full definition →

Hokkien 鹹菜 /咸菜
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The story

  1. Hokkien · borrowed from鹹菜 /咸菜
  2. English todaykiam chye

From Hokkien 鹹菜 /咸菜 (kiâm-chhài).

Words from the same roots

Hokkien鹹菜 all →

kiamchay

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.