chop suey

(c̸häp′ so̵̅o̅′ē)

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a Chinese-American dish consisting of meat, bean sprouts, celery, mushrooms, etc. cooked together in a sauce and served with rice

Origin: altered by assoc. with chop < Chin tsa-sui, lit., various pieces

See chop suey in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A Chinese-American dish consisting of small pieces of meat or chicken cooked with bean sprouts and other vegetables and served with rice.
Informal A miscellany: “His coterie of execs were up to their pin stripes in a chop suey of deals” (TV Guide).

Origin:

Origin: Chinese (Cantonese) tsaāpsuì, miscellaneous bits

Origin: , equivalent to Chinese (Mandarin) zá, mixed

Origin: + Chinese (Mandarin) suì, to break up, pieces

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