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单词 chop suey
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Definition of chop suey in English:

chop suey

noun tʃɒpˈsuːiˌtʃɑpˈsui
mass noun
  • A Chinese-style dish of meat stewed and fried with bean sprouts, bamboo shoots, and onions, and served with rice.

    (中国菜)炒杂碎

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Yet more people in the UK will eat curry or a chop suey than any of those on a regular basis.
    • It is late at night, and Bill has come over for chow mein and chop suey.
    • No, we do not eat chop suey and spring rolls all the time.
    • Ah well, bring on the chop suey and fortune cookies.
    • Although these do represent some of the basic foods of Mexico - in name only - they have been brought down to their lowest common denominator north of the border, on a par with the chop suey and chow mein of Chinese restaurants 20 years ago.
    • China is represented by syrupy spareribs, chow mein and chop suey, Italy offers pasta staples and eggplant parmigiana, and you can say bonjour to France over vats of meat with sauce.
    • Gone are such pre-1960 dishes as chop suey, chow mein, egg foo yung, and barbecue spareribs.
    • It has been left to Anderson to show what seems more likely to have been the true origin of the dish; chop suey is not - as many would-be connoisseurs believe - an American invention.
    • He would leap chirpily onto my shoulder to devour chicken fried rice, chop suey and even chocolate pudding.
    • I missed my first day of kindergarten to help open our first chop suey joint, folding takeout menus.
    • Like chop suey, however, fortune cookies were invented in North America, but are a fun way to end a meal.
    • This is of interest to Yau, whose next London restaurant will echo the dubious glories of the classic British chop suey house and ‘Canton pop cookery’.
    • The dining area is light and airy with trendy modern fittings - more bistro than Cantonese chop suey house.
    • When I was growing up my mother would serve us dishes like lasagna, chop suey, ‘Swiss’ steak, Polish sausage, spaghetti, corned beef, and all sorts of other foods that I considered without thought as somehow originally American.
    • Foods served on ceremonial occasions include daily fare plus whole pigs, potato salad, chop suey, puddings, cakes, and ice cream.
    • In the Chinatown area, you can get sweet syrupy spareribs, two kinds of rice, pineapple chicken balls and ‘classics’ like chow mein, chop suey and macaroni with beef.
    • So we left the arcade to get some food at that small Chinese restaurant where I ordered the chop suey.
    • His father opened a Chinese takeaway, but Alan vowed to distance himself from what he calls the chop suey business: ‘The hours are long and the product is not good.’
    • Shrimp lo mein, fried rice, chicken chop suey, and Mandarin noodle soup among others surrounded a main course of steamed lobster.
    • He wants her to make fun of how he eats chop suey, dreams of being a martial arts stunt man, and excels at math.

Origin

Late 19th century: from Chinese (Cantonese dialect) tsaâp suì 'mixed bits'.

Rhymes

bluey, chewy, cooee, Dewey, dewy, Drambuie, feng shui, gluey, gooey, hooey, Hughie, Louie, Louis, phooey, rouille, screwy, Wanganui

Definition of chop suey in US English:

chop suey

nounˌtʃɑpˈsuiˌCHäpˈso͞oē
  • A Chinese-style dish of meat stewed and fried with bean sprouts, bamboo shoots, and onions, and served with rice.

    (中国菜)炒杂碎

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Ah well, bring on the chop suey and fortune cookies.
    • Shrimp lo mein, fried rice, chicken chop suey, and Mandarin noodle soup among others surrounded a main course of steamed lobster.
    • No, we do not eat chop suey and spring rolls all the time.
    • It is late at night, and Bill has come over for chow mein and chop suey.
    • China is represented by syrupy spareribs, chow mein and chop suey, Italy offers pasta staples and eggplant parmigiana, and you can say bonjour to France over vats of meat with sauce.
    • The dining area is light and airy with trendy modern fittings - more bistro than Cantonese chop suey house.
    • Gone are such pre-1960 dishes as chop suey, chow mein, egg foo yung, and barbecue spareribs.
    • He wants her to make fun of how he eats chop suey, dreams of being a martial arts stunt man, and excels at math.
    • Like chop suey, however, fortune cookies were invented in North America, but are a fun way to end a meal.
    • Although these do represent some of the basic foods of Mexico - in name only - they have been brought down to their lowest common denominator north of the border, on a par with the chop suey and chow mein of Chinese restaurants 20 years ago.
    • It has been left to Anderson to show what seems more likely to have been the true origin of the dish; chop suey is not - as many would-be connoisseurs believe - an American invention.
    • Yet more people in the UK will eat curry or a chop suey than any of those on a regular basis.
    • When I was growing up my mother would serve us dishes like lasagna, chop suey, ‘Swiss’ steak, Polish sausage, spaghetti, corned beef, and all sorts of other foods that I considered without thought as somehow originally American.
    • He would leap chirpily onto my shoulder to devour chicken fried rice, chop suey and even chocolate pudding.
    • So we left the arcade to get some food at that small Chinese restaurant where I ordered the chop suey.
    • Foods served on ceremonial occasions include daily fare plus whole pigs, potato salad, chop suey, puddings, cakes, and ice cream.
    • This is of interest to Yau, whose next London restaurant will echo the dubious glories of the classic British chop suey house and ‘Canton pop cookery’.
    • In the Chinatown area, you can get sweet syrupy spareribs, two kinds of rice, pineapple chicken balls and ‘classics’ like chow mein, chop suey and macaroni with beef.
    • His father opened a Chinese takeaway, but Alan vowed to distance himself from what he calls the chop suey business: ‘The hours are long and the product is not good.’
    • I missed my first day of kindergarten to help open our first chop suey joint, folding takeout menus.

Origin

Late 19th century: from Chinese ( Cantonese dialect) tsaâp suì ‘mixed bits’.

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