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chop suey

[chop-soo-ee]
–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.
Also, chop sooy.


Origin:
1885–90, Americanism; < dial. Chin (Guangdong) jaahp seui mixed bits, akin to Chin zá suì
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chop su·ey   (sōō'ē)   
n.  
  1. A Chinese-American dish consisting of small pieces of meat or chicken cooked with bean sprouts and other vegetables and served with rice.

  2. Informal A miscellany: "His coterie of execs were up to their pin stripes in a chop suey of deals" (TV Guide).


[Chinese (Cantonese) tsaāpsuì, miscellaneous bits, equivalent to Chinese (Mandarin) , mixed + Chinese (Mandarin) suì, to break up, pieces.]
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