chop suey
A stir-fried vegetable dish, served with pieces of beef or pork in a semi-thick sauce,…A stir-fried vegetable dish, served with pieces of beef or pork in a semi-thick sauce, and often soy sauce.
» In Boston, I went to a chop suey shop and had dinner.
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Examples
3 sentencesIn Boston, I went to a chop suey shop and had dinner.
In Boston, we went to a chop suey shop and had dinner.
He ordered a chop suey.
ruОн заказал чоп-суэй. — Lenin_1917
Meaning
2 senses(Australia, Philippines, US, countable, uncountable)A stir-fried vegetable dish, served with pieces of beef or pork in a semi-thick sauce, and often soy sauce.
Chop Suey
чоп-суэ́йčop-suéj, кита́йское рагу́kitájskoje ragú
(Canada, UK, countable, uncountable)Steamed bean sprouts served in a semi-thick sauce, and mixed with a choice of meat and/or vegetables.
- meat or fish stir-fried with vegetables (e.g., celery, onions, peppers or bean sprouts) seasoned with ginger and garlic and soy sauce; served with rice; created in the United States and frequently served in Chinese restaurants there
Origin
From Cantonese 雜碎／杂碎 (zaap⁶ seoi³, “mixed and broken”).From Cantonese 雜碎／杂碎 (zaap⁶ seoi³, “mixed and broken”).
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Forms
plural: chop sueys| Singular | chop suey |
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.