chop su·ey (so?o??)n.1. A dish consisting of stir-fried bean sprouts, onions, and other vegetables, often cooked with small pieces of meat or shrimp, and served with rice.2. Informal A miscellany: “His coterie of execs were up to their pin stripes in a chop suey of deals” (TV Guide).[Cantonese zaap6 seoi3, miscellaneous bits (equivalent to Mandarin zásuì) : Cantonese zaap6, mixed (from Middle Chinese ts?ap) + Cantonese seoi3, mixed (from Middle Chinese suaj`, pieces, to break up).]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.chop suey (?su??) n (Cookery) a Chinese-style dish originating in the US, consisting of meat or chicken, bean sprouts, etc, stewed and served with rice[C19: from Chinese (Cantonese) tsap sui odds and ends]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014chop? su?ey (?t??p?su i) n. a Chinese-style dish of small pieces of meat, chicken, etc., cooked with onions, mushrooms, bean sprouts, and other vegetables, usu. served with rice. [1885?90, Amer.;
‘Chop Suey’
chop su·ey (so?o??)n.1. A dish consisting of stir-fried bean sprouts, onions, and other vegetables, often cooked with small pieces of meat or shrimp, and served with rice.2. Informal A miscellany: “His coterie of execs were up to their pin stripes in a chop suey of deals” (TV Guide).[Cantonese zaap6 seoi3, miscellaneous bits (equivalent to Mandarin zásuì) : Cantonese zaap6, mixed (from Middle Chinese ts?ap) + Cantonese seoi3, mixed (from Middle Chinese suaj`, pieces, to break up).]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.chop suey (?su??) n (Cookery) a Chinese-style dish originating in the US, consisting of meat or chicken, bean sprouts, etc, stewed and served with rice[C19: from Chinese (Cantonese) tsap sui odds and ends]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014chop? su?ey (?t??p?su i) n. a Chinese-style dish of small pieces of meat, chicken, etc., cooked with onions, mushrooms, bean sprouts, and other vegetables, usu. served with rice. [1885?90, Amer.;