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"'''Chop chop'''" or "'''chop-chop'''" is a [[phrase]] rooted in [[Cantonese]]. It spread through [[Chinese people|Chinese]] workers at sea and was adopted by [[English people|English]] [[seamen]].<ref name=phrases>{{cite web|url=http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/chop-chop.html|title=Chop-chop|author=Phrase Finder is copyright Gary Martin, 1996-2015. All rights reserved.|publisher=|accessdate=19 January 2015}}</ref> "Chop chop" means "hurry" and suggests that something should be done ''now'' and without delay. The word "[[chopsticks]]" likely originates from this same root.<ref name="oed">Oxford English Dictionary, 2013. "chop-stick, n.2." Accessed on June 26, 2013. [http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/32282]</ref> |
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"'''Chop chop'''" or "'''chop-chop'''" is a [[phrase]] that is used to compliment a co-worker |
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The term may have its [[Word origin|origins]] in the [[South China Sea]], as a [[Chinese Pidgin English|Pidgin English]] version of the Chinese term k'wâi-k'wâi ({{zh-cp|c=快快|p=kuài kuài}})<ref name=phrases/> or may have originated from [[Malay language|Malay]]. {{Citation needed|reason=Reliable source needed Malay language claims|date=August 2016}} |
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==See also== |
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*[[Chinese Pidgin English]] |
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Revision as of 22:38, 8 February 2018
"Chop chop" or "chop-chop" is a phrase rooted in Cantonese. It spread through Chinese workers at sea and was adopted by English seamen.[1] "Chop chop" means "hurry" and suggests that something should be done now and without delay. The word "chopsticks" likely originates from this same root.[2]
The term may have its origins in the South China Sea, as a Pidgin English version of the Chinese term k'wâi-k'wâi (Chinese: 快快; pinyin: kuài kuài)[1] or may have originated from Malay. [citation needed]
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References
External links
The dictionary definition of chop-chop at Wiktionary
