Etymology

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Today it means: Chinese celery ("varieties of Apium graveolens, sometimes called Apium graveolens var. secalinum") Full definition →

Hokkien 芹菜
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  1. Hokkien · borrowed from芹菜“celery”
  2. English todaykinchay

Borrowed from Hokkien 芹菜 (khîn-chhài, “celery”).

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