- 1快點、趕快（口令；源自粵語「速速」，與「砍、切」無關）
Chop-chop is a snap of the voice meaning hurry up — now, not later. You say it like a command: Chop-chop! It is informal, a bit , and can sound playful between friends or sharp from a parent or a boss. It is not fine English for a letter or a speech. Though actually, it did not come from the English verb chop (to cut). It came into English in the 1800s from Chinese Pidgin English, from Cantonese 速速 (cuk1 cuk1), “quick quick”. English speakers copied that doubled “hurry” sound. So if you are in Taiwan, the cousin is closer to 快快 / 速速 than to 切菜. Because of that old trade-port history, some people now find it a little dated or even a little rude if you bark it at a stranger.
From the word’s history
From Chinese Pidgin English, from Cantonese 速速 'quick'; recorded in English since the 1830s.
源自中國洋涇濱英語，來自粵語「速速」（快快）。
組成A doubled call, not cut + cut. From Chinese Pidgin English, from Cantonese 速速 (cuk1 cuk1, “quick”). In English since the 1830s; recorded as a Chinese term in 1795.
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
chop-chopintj
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Used to urge someone to do something quickly.
- ‘Now you get down to the bathroom an’ I’ll hop ashore and organise it. Chop-chop.’
- We got places to be, pal! Chop chop!
chop-chopadv
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Quickly.
- "Well, more soon, more better; sendee chop chop," I told him.
- "Sam, when you have catchee chow-chow, I want you chop-chop" (quickly).
chop-chopnoun
- 1
informalTobacco that is produced and sold without excise (tax), and therefore cheap and illegal.
- We are here today to try and do the impossible: to stop the chop chop industry.
- 2002 November 11, Major ‘chop chop’ seizure in Northern Queensland, Australian Taxation Office, media release.
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