tteokbokki

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/tɒkˈbəʊki/

noun

Stir-fried sliced tteoks (Korean rice cakes) seasoned with red pepper paste.

OriginKorean 떡볶이 →
Scrabble 24
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Meanings

nountteokbokki (uncountable)

alternative tteok-bokki

  1. uncountableStir-fried sliced tteoks (Korean rice cakes) seasoned with red pepper paste.

    At the Momofuku restaurants, David Chang made his name by layering the intense flavors of Korea into Japanese and American dishes; at Ssam Bar, his version of tteokbokki is crossbred with Italian gnocchi in a light, fiery, herb-spiked pork sauce.

    2009 September 23, Julia Moskin, “Culinary Diplomacy With a Side of Kimchi”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 15 Apr 2021

Origin

  1. Korean떡볶이
  2. Englishtteokbokki

Borrowed from Korean 떡볶이 (tteokbokki), from 떡 (tteok, “rice cake”) + 볶이 (bokki, “stir-fried and seasoned food”).

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Translations

Bulgarian токбо́ки
  • токбо́ки (tokbóki)stir-fried tteoks seasoned with red pepper paste
Chinese Mandarin 辣炒年糕, 韓式炒年糕 /韩式炒年糕
  • 辣炒年糕 (là chǎo niángāo)stir-fried tteoks seasoned with red pepper paste
  • 韓式炒年糕 /韩式炒年糕 (Hánshì chǎo niángāo)stir-fried tteoks seasoned with red pepper paste
German Tteokbokki
  • Tteokbokkistir-fried tteoks seasoned with red pepper paste
Greek τόκποκι
  • τόκποκι (tókpoki)stir-fried tteoks seasoned with red pepper paste
Hungarian ttokpokki
  • ttokpokkistir-fried tteoks seasoned with red pepper paste
Indonesian topoki
  • topokistir-fried tteoks seasoned with red pepper paste
Japanese トッポッキ, トッポギ
  • トッポッキ (toppokki)stir-fried tteoks seasoned with red pepper paste
  • トッポギ (toppogi)stir-fried tteoks seasoned with red pepper paste
  • トッポキ (toppoki)stir-fried tteoks seasoned with red pepper paste
Korean 떡볶이
  • 떡볶이 (tteokbokki)stir-fried tteoks seasoned with red pepper paste
Persian تئوکبوکی, دئوکبوکی
  • تئوکبوکی (t'okboki)stir-fried tteoks seasoned with red pepper paste
  • دئوکبوکی (d'okboki)stir-fried tteoks seasoned with red pepper paste
  • توپوکی (topoki)stir-fried tteoks seasoned with red pepper paste
  • دوکبوکی (dokboki)stir-fried tteoks seasoned with red pepper paste
Russian токпо́кки, ттокпо́кки
  • токпо́кки (tokpókki)stir-fried tteoks seasoned with red pepper paste
  • ттокпо́кки (ttokpókki)stir-fried tteoks seasoned with red pepper paste
Swedish tteokbokki, tteokbokgi
  • tteokbokkistir-fried tteoks seasoned with red pepper paste
  • tteokbokgistir-fried tteoks seasoned with red pepper paste
  • topokkistir-fried tteoks seasoned with red pepper paste

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with tteokbokki

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Cite this entry
APA

tteokbokki. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tteokbokki

MLA

“tteokbokki.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tteokbokki. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tteokbokki,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tteokbokki.

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