kimbap

English

Alternative forms

• gimbap, kimbab

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 김밥 (gimbap), from 김 (gim, “a type of seaweed”) +‎ 밥 (bap, “rice”).

Noun

kimbap (usually uncountable, plural kimbaps)

1. A Korean dish of steamed white rice and other ingredients rolled in sheets of dried laver seaweed and served in bite-size slices.
   • 2009 June 3, Julia Moskin, “Ethnic and Affordable”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     First-time visitors to this takeout spot in Koreatown should try the buffet; regulars come for noodles and kimbap, or Korean-style sushi filled with pickled vegetables

   • 2015, Han Kang, translated by Deborah Smith, The Vegetarian, Granta, published 2018, page 12:

     The babbling stream, people spreading out rush mats to sit on, snacking on kimbap.

Translations

a Korean dish

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 紫菜包飯／紫菜包饭 (zh) (zǐcàibāofàn)

• Japanese: キムパプ (kimupapu)
• Khmer: គីមបាប (kiimbaap)
• Korean: 김밥 (ko) (gimbap)
• Mongolian: кимбаб (mn) (kimbab)
• Polish: kimbap (pl) m
• Russian: кимба́п m (kimbáp), суши (ru) m (suši) (slang)

See also

• maki
• onigiri
• sushi

Further reading

• gimbap on Wikipedia.Wikipedia