chop suey
/ˈtʃɒp ˈsuːi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.28 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A stir-fried vegetable dish, served with pieces of beef or pork in a semi-thick sauce, and often soy sauce.
Australian usage; American usage; Countable; Uncountable
noun
Steamed bean sprouts served in a semi-thick sauce, and mixed with a choice of meat and/or vegetables.
Canadian usage; British usage; Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "On the walls about were the hieroglyphic markings of the craft. Across this scene wafted the pungent fragrance of chop suey, dim sims and other delicacies in course of preparation for the funeral feast."
- "There was feasting and joy from Shanghai to the Wall, What with dim-sims, chop-suey and crackers and all, And the donor of these, by the hook of my crook. Was Chiang Ki-Konglong, the Mandarin Cook."
- "Without access to key ingredients from their homeland, Chinese immigrants in the United States working on the Central Pacific Railroad in the 1860s improvised dishes like chow mein and chop suey that nobody back in their native land would have recognized."
- "To someone who had spent part of their youth visiting a grandmother in Singapore, a lot of the food they served didn’t seem particularly Chinese to me: the flavour of chop suey with its chicken or pork or prawns, or chow mein, or the omeletty foo yung, never seemed quite right."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: -
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈtʃɒp ˈsuːi/
Usage
- Australian usage
- American usage
- Countable
- Uncountable
- Canadian usage
- British usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Food.