choi sum
/tʃɔɪ ˈsʌm
/(also choy sum)
noun
A small Chinese cabbage of a variety with mild-tasting leaves and small edible yellow flowers.
- Brassica rapa variety parachinensis, family Cruciferae.
- The choy sum were cooked till soft in a savoury sauce that has hints of orange peel in it.
- Besides sampling specialities like beef choi sum and sha cha chicken, guests were also treated to a colourful lion dance.
Origin
Chinese (Cantonese dialect), literally 'vegetable heart'.
- sweetness
- sweetness and light
- sweet nothings
- sweet pea
- sweet pepper
- sweet potato
- sweet rocket
- sweet roll
- sweet-scented
- sweet sixteen
- sweet-smelling
- sweetsop
- sweet-sounding
- sweet spot
- sweet sultan
- sweet talk
- sweet-tempered
- sweet-toned
- sweet tooth
- sweet-toothed
- sweetveld
- sweet vermouth
- sweet vernal grass
- press warrant
- presswork