kimchi

or kim·chee

[ kim-chee ]

noun

1. Korean Cooking. a spicy pickled or fermented mixture containing cabbage, onions, and sometimes fish, variously seasoned, as with garlic, horseradish, red peppers, and ginger.

Word History and Origins

Origin of kimchi¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; from Korean kimch'i, hypercorrection of cimch'i, earlier timchoy, from Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese chén “steeped” + cày “vegetables”

Example Sentences

Sometime last year, I riffed on the Korean soft tofu and kimchi stew called kimchi soondubu, and found a dish that I loved.

From The Daily Beast

As it turns out, making kimchi was a natural step toward healing.

From Washington Post

From the hanbok to kimchi, China faces growing accusations of trying to appropriate symbols of Korean culture.

From Ozy

At the center of the story is Sunja Baek, a kimchi vendor who stoically absorbs the suffering of everyone around her as she perseveres through the decades.

From Time

Chef Sohui Kim’s kimchi jjigae recipe had gotten lost in my rotation of go-to dishes this winter, so last week I was ready to revive the fiery Korean stew.

From Eater

But now they have brewpubs, pour-over coffee joints and kimchi taco stands.

From The Daily Beast

We had weird food concoctions, too, so instead of spaghetti bolognese, we had rice bolognese with kimchi.

From The Daily Beast

Joseph's two sons, Moses and David Kimchi, followed in the footsteps of their father.

From Project Gutenberg

Kimchi accordingly took up the cudgels for Maimuni all the more promptly, as he had at the same time to defend his own cause.

From Project Gutenberg

The women of Wosan make the best kimchi, and when kimchi is spoiled it stinks to heaven.

From Project Gutenberg

The root in Syriac means "to be sad," but Kimchi derives it from a root "to be black."

From Project Gutenberg

Even Kimchi conjectured that Tekoa was an unknown town in the tribe of Asher.

From Project Gutenberg