chop suey

or chop sooy

[ chop-soo-ee ]

/ ˈtʃɒpˈsu i /

noun

a Chinese-style American dish consisting of small pieces of meat, chicken, etc., cooked together with bean sprouts, onions, mushrooms, or other vegetables and seasoning, in a gravy, often served with rice and soy sauce.

Origin of chop suey

1885–90, Americanism;<dialectal Chinese (Guangdong) jaahp seui mixed bits, akin to Chinese zá suì

Words nearby chop suey

chop shop, chopsteak, chopstick, chopsticks, chop stroke, chop suey, choragus, choral, chorale, chorale prelude, choral speaking

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Example sentences from the Web for chop suey

It must taste like a mixture of Hungarian goulash and Chinese chop-suey!
Tom Fairfield in Camp|Allen Chapman
By night he vicariously operated a chop-suey palace on Seventh Avenue, where congregated the worst elements of the Tenderloin.
Tutt and Mr. Tutt|Arthur Train
Anyhow they'll tax every laundry and chop-suey palace from the Bronx to the Battery to pay us.
Tutt and Mr. Tutt|Arthur Train
To make matters worse, she added explanatorily: Why, the girls say chop-suey is great!
Polly in New York|Lillian Elizabeth Roy

"Chop-suey sundae," he announced, after a hasty glance at the printed menu.
A Son of the City|Herman Gastrell Seely

British Dictionary definitions for chop suey

chop suey

/ (ˈsuːɪ) /

noun

a Chinese-style dish originating in the US, consisting of meat or chicken, bean sprouts, etc, stewed and served with rice

Word Origin for chop suey

C19: from Chinese (Cantonese) tsap sui odds and ends

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	chop suey
释义	chop suey or chop sooy [ chop-soo-ee ] / ˈtʃɒpˈsu i / noun a Chinese-style American dish consisting of small pieces of meat, chicken, etc., cooked together with bean sprouts, onions, mushrooms, or other vegetables and seasoning, in a gravy, often served with rice and soy sauce. Origin of chop suey 1885–90, Americanism;<dialectal Chinese (Guangdong) jaahp seui mixed bits, akin to Chinese zá suì Words nearby chop suey chop shop, chopsteak, chopstick, chopsticks, chop stroke, chop suey, choragus, choral, chorale, chorale prelude, choral speaking Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for chop suey It must taste like a mixture of Hungarian goulash and Chinese chop-suey! Tom Fairfield in Camp\|Allen Chapman By night he vicariously operated a chop-suey palace on Seventh Avenue, where congregated the worst elements of the Tenderloin. Tutt and Mr. Tutt\|Arthur Train Anyhow they'll tax every laundry and chop-suey palace from the Bronx to the Battery to pay us. Tutt and Mr. Tutt\|Arthur Train To make matters worse, she added explanatorily: Why, the girls say chop-suey is great! Polly in New York\|Lillian Elizabeth Roy "Chop-suey sundae," he announced, after a hasty glance at the printed menu. A Son of the City\|Herman Gastrell Seely British Dictionary definitions for chop suey chop suey / (ˈsuːɪ) / noun a Chinese-style dish originating in the US, consisting of meat or chicken, bean sprouts, etc, stewed and served with rice Word Origin for chop suey C19: from Chinese (Cantonese) tsap sui odds and ends Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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