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チャプスイ Japanese meaning | Kotomora

チャプスイ

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Meanings

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noun

chop suey

usually written using kana alonefood / cooking

A Chinese-American dish of stir-fried meat and vegetables, known in Japan as a Chinese-style dish. The word is a loan from Chinese via English.

from Chinese

中ちゅう華か料りょう理り店てんでチャプスイを注ちゅう文もんした。
I ordered chop suey at a Chinese restaurant.

Written forms

チャプスイUsage100%
Katakana spelling is standard for this Chinese loanword; the kanji form 雑砕 is rare and not commonly used.
雑砕ちゃぷすい
Rare kanji spelling; the word is almost always written in katakana.

Kanji

雑miscellaneous
砕smash, break, crush

Etymology

Borrowed from English 'chop suey', which itself derives from Chinese (possibly Cantonese 'tsap sui', meaning 'mixed bits'). The kanji 雑砕 is an ateji representation.