chop suey

chop suey or chop sooy [chop-soo-ee] ExamplesWord Origin noun

1. 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.

Origin of chop suey 1885–90, Americanism; dialectal Chinese (Guangdong) jaahp seui mixed bits, akin to Chinese zá suì Examples from the Web for chop suey Historical Examples of chop suey

It must taste like a mixture of Hungarian goulash and Chinese chop-suey!

Tom Fairfield in Camp

Allen Chapman

By night he vicariously operated a chop-suey palace on Seventh Avenue, where congregated the worst elements of the Tenderloin.

Tutt and Mr. Tutt

Arthur Train

“Chop-suey sundae,” he announced, after a hasty glance at the printed menu.

A Son of the City

Herman Gastrell Seely

To make matters worse, she added explanatorily: Why, the girls say chop-suey is great!

Polly in New York

Lillian Elizabeth Roy

Anyhow they’ll tax every laundry and chop-suey palace from the Bronx to the Battery to pay us.

Tutt and Mr. Tutt

Arthur Train

British Dictionary definitions for chop suey chop suey noun

1. a Chinese-style dish originating in the US, consisting of meat or chicken, bean sprouts, etc, stewed and served with rice

Word Origin for chop suey C19: from Chinese (Cantonese) tsap sui odds and ends Word Origin and History for chop suey n.

1885, American English, from Chinese (Cantonese dialect) tsap sui “odds and ends, mixed bits.”