| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| chop suey |
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| SYLLABICATION: | chop su·ey |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  s   |
| NOUN: | 1. A Chinese-American dish consisting of small pieces of meat or chicken cooked with bean sprouts and other vegetables 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). | | ETYMOLOGY: | Chinese (Cantonese) tsa psuì, miscellaneous bits, equivalent to Chinese (Mandarin) zá, mixed + Chinese (Mandarin) suì, to break up, pieces.
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