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I like to say, 'Chop suey's the biggest culinary joke that one culture has ever played on another,' because chop suey, if you translate into Chinese, means 'tsap sui,' which, if you translate back, means 'odds and ends.'
Jennifer Lee

Meaning of "chop suey" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CHOP SUEY

From Chinese (Cantonese) tsap sui odds and ends.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CHOP SUEY

chop suey  [ˈsuːɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHOP SUEY

noun
adjective
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Chop suey is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CHOP SUEY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

chop suey

Chop suey

Chop suey is a dish in American Chinese cuisine and other forms of overseas Chinese cuisine, consisting of meat and eggs, cooked quickly with vegetables such as bean sprouts, cabbage, and celery and bound in a starch-thickened sauce. It is typically served with rice but can become the Chinese-American form of chow mein with the addition of stir-fried noodles. Chop suey has become a prominent part of American Chinese cuisine, Filipino cuisine, Canadian Chinese cuisine, German Chinese cuisine, Indian Chinese cuisine, and Polynesian cuisine. In Indonesian Chinese cuisine it is known as cap cai and mainly consists of vegetables.

Definition of chop suey in the English dictionary

The definition of chop suey in the dictionary is a Chinese-style dish originating in the US, consisting of meat or chicken, bean sprouts, etc, stewed and served with rice.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CHOP SUEY


bluey
ˈbluːɪ
chewie
ˈtʃuːɪ
chewy
ˈtʃuːɪ
Dewey
ˈdjuːɪ
dewy
ˈdjuːɪ
Drambuie
dræmˈbjuːɪ
gluey
ˈɡluːɪ
gooey
ˈɡuːɪ
hooey
ˈhuːɪ
Hughie
ˈhjuːɪ
hui
ˈhuːɪ
louis
ˈluːɪ
phooey
ˈfuːɪ
screwy
ˈskruːɪ
sooey
ˈsuːɪ
stewy
ˈstjuːɪ
tui
ˈtuːɪ
uey
ˈjuːɪ
Wanganui
ˌwɒŋəˈnuːɪ
zooey
ˈzuːɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHOP SUEY

chop
chop chop
chop logic
chopfallen
chophouse
Chopin
chopine
choplogic
chopped
chopped almonds
chopped tomatoes
chopped-up
chopper
chopper tool
choppers
choppier
choppiest
choppily
choppiness
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WORDS THAT END LIKE CHOP SUEY

antiquey
boutiquey
cliquey
cluey
fluey
hump bluey
lacquey
maguey
plaguey
quey
tissuey
voguey

Synonyms and antonyms of chop suey in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «chop suey» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CHOP SUEY

Find out the translation of chop suey to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of chop suey from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «chop suey» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

杂碎
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

chop suey
570 millions of speakers

English

chop suey
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चॉपसुई
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سوي فرم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

рагу по-китайски
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

chop suey
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কাটা suey
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

suey chop
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Chop suey
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Chop Suey
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

チャプスイ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

잡채
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Chop suey
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

món ăn của người tàu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சாய் சாய்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बारीक तुकडे करणे, suey
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Suey kes
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

chop suey
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Chop Suey
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

рагу по - китайськи
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Suey cotlet
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μπριζόλα suey
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kap suey
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

chop suey
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

chop suey
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of chop suey

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHOP SUEY»

The term «chop suey» is regularly used and occupies the 62.536 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CHOP SUEY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «chop suey» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «chop suey» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about chop suey

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QUOTES WITH «CHOP SUEY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word chop suey.
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Jennifer Lee
I like to say, 'Chop suey's the biggest culinary joke that one culture has ever played on another,' because chop suey, if you translate into Chinese, means 'tsap sui,' which, if you translate back, means 'odds and ends.'

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHOP SUEY»

Discover the use of chop suey in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to chop suey and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Chop Suey: A Cultural History of Chinese Food in the United ...
Always illuminating, often exploding long-held culinary myths, this book opens a new window into defining what is American cuisine.
Andrew Coe, 2009
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Chop Suey: A Cultural History of Chinese Food in the United ...
The book also explores how American tastes have been shaped by our relationship with the outside world, and how we've relentlessly changed foreign foods to adapt them to our own deeply rooted culinary preferences.
Andrew Coe, 2009
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Chop Suey: A Darby Stansfield Thriller
Darby must now make a tough decision — give up on the one good idea he ever had or risk it all. CHOP SUEY is a 90,000 word action thriller. That's 380 pages of holy moly. STROGANOV is book two in the series and is available now.
Ty Hutchinson, 2011
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Peanut Butter Friends in a Chop Suey World
Sixth-grader Amy and her family move to Taiwan to do missionary work, but even at her school for English-speaking students Amy finds the adjustment difficult.
Deb Brammer, Grace Kim, 1995
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Orp and the Chop Suey Burgers
Orp isn't much of a chef, but first prize is a trip to Disney World, so he's willing to try his hand at the culinary arts. Orp throws together some things he finds in the kitchen and, voila -- chop suey burgers!
Suzy Kline, 2000
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The Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink
During the Great Depression, the names of foreign mixed dishes, such as goulash, hodgepodge (perhaps from hachepdt), or chop suey, were applied to quick assortments of meat, vegetables, and potatoes, and sometimes even to desserts ...
Andrew F. Smith, 2007
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The Puerto Rican Diaspora: Historical Perspectives
... the younger generations.1 A principal reason for their concern is that Puerto Ricans constitute just 2.5 percent of the population in Hawai'i and have one of the highest rates of intermarriage, according to the 2000 census.2 "We're chop suey  ...
Carmen Whalen, Víctor Vázquez-Hernández, 2008
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The Original Hot Five Recordings of Louis Armstrong
"Cornet Chop Suey"* Table 4.3. Structural Outline of "Cornet Chop Suey" [F Major ] Armstrong remembered that he composed "Cornet Chop Suey" on Lil's back steps, perhaps in tribute to the New Orleans cutting contests between Henry Rena, ...
Gene Henry Anderson, Michael J. Budds, 2007
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From Barbie to Mortal Kombat: Gender and Computer Games
She produced her first CD-ROM project for girls, "Chop Suey," with artist Monica Gesue when they both worked for Magnet Interactive. The game received tremendous acclaim for its original design, lively graphics, and humorous approach to ...
Justine Cassell, Henry Jenkins, 2000
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Chop Suey
Chop suey (simplified Chinese: traditional Chinese: pinyin: za sui; literally "assorted pieces") is a Chinese dish consisting of meat (often chicken, fish, beef, shrimp (UK: prawns) or pork) and eggs, cooked quickly with vegetables such as ...
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHOP SUEY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term chop suey is used in the context of the following news items.
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Senior meals
July 13: Chicken chop suey with pea pods, rice, coleslaw, wheat bread, pears. July 14: Cheesy pepperoni pizza hot dish, three bean salad, ... «Superior Telegram, Jul 15»
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Alex Honnold proclaims Wanaka's schist rocks "scrappy'' but "super …
Alex Honnold on the the Chop Suey climb, near Wanaka. ... Sumo and The Lost Samurai, before Honnold pioneered Chop Suey, which Sedon ... «The Southland Times, Jul 15»
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BLOG: A Taste of Home — A documentary about Chinese American …
“A Taste of Home” serves to answer questions like “How did the chop suey combo come about? What's a Joong and what are ingredients in it? «Northwest Asian Weekly, Jul 15»
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'In the Country' tells tales from the Filipino diaspora
A history of fragments and confusion – 'chop suey' is the only style that ... be so fortunate in the quality of their "chop suey" expatriate literature. «Christian Science Monitor, Jun 15»
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Obama's Hawaiian punch
... heritage as “chop suey” or “poi dog,” hotel rooms stock not only the Gideon Bible but the Teachings of the Buddha and the Book of Mormon, ... «Politico, Jun 15»
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Panda Express test kitchen is in search of the next orange chicken
Panda Express "is one of the great success stories," said Yong Chen, a professor of history at UC Irvine and author of "Chop Suey, USA: The ... «Los Angeles Times, Jun 15»
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It's 'good dog,' not 'good hot dog'
I chopped meat and chickens as a lad, making ham salad from sausage ends, boning out beef necks, cutting chop suey, slicing deli meats and ... «Chicago Tribune, Jun 15»
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Home-cooks may face fines for Facebook dishes
Home cooks in Lower Hutt, selling everything from chow mein to chop suey, on social media may soon face hefty fines. People making and ... «The Dominion Post, Jun 15»
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Chop Suey's Comeback
But the best thing we made that morning was chicken chop suey. Much more contemporary than the dated name makes it sound, it's a stir-fry ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
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Your Live Music Bets for the Weekend of June 19 through June 21
Lena Simon fronts her touring band version of Kairos tonight at Chop Suey. (Photo: Tony Kay). After nearly a month of doing nothin' but eating, ... «The SunBreak, Jun 15»

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