Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

general tso's chicken

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.74 in modern English

Syllables: gen-er-al t-so's chick-en
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

5

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sweet and spicy dish of deep-fried chicken, popular in Chinese restaurants in North America.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Hot and sour soup, shrimp toast, shumai, General Tso’s chicken, pork with garlic sauce, beef with asparagus, hot and spicy shrimp, sushi deluxe, cheesecake, fried bananas, litchi sherbet."

Etymology

Named after Chinese general and statesman Tso Tsung-tang (Zuǒ Zōngtáng in pinyin) in late Qing dynasty, though there is no evidence connecting him with the dish. A deeper discussion of the timeframe and possible motivations behind the naming is given in the Wikipedia article.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

General Tso's (alternative) General Tso (alternative) General Tso chicken (alternative)

Synonyms

General's chicken General Tao chicken

Questions

What does general tso's chicken mean?: A sweet and spicy dish of deep-fried chicken, popular in Chinese restaurants in North America.
Where does general tso's chicken come from?: Named after Chinese general and statesman Tso Tsung-tang (Zuǒ Zōngtáng in pinyin) in late Qing dynasty, though there is no evidence connecting him with the dish. A deeper discussion of the timeframe and possible motivations behind the naming is given in the Wikipedia article.

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