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The Chow Chow is a spitz-type of dog breed originally from Northern China. [2] ... The English name Chow Chow is unlinked to any Chinese name such as the modern ...
Ciao (/ tʃ aʊ / CHOW, Italian: ⓘ) is an informal salutation in the Italian language that is used for both "hello" and "goodbye".. Originally from the Venetian language, it has entered the vocabulary of English and of many other languages around the world.
Chow (website), a popular online food discussion site; Chow, an alternate name for the star Beta Serpentis; Chow, a 2024 short horror film starring Ben Platt; Mr. Chow, an upscale Chinese restaurant chain; Chow (surname), an English surname, as well as a Latin-alphabet spelling of various Chinese surnames; The Chinese word 炒 (stir-fry) as in ...
Chow-chow. Chow-chow (also spelled chowchow or chow chow) is a pickled dish popular in North America whose origins are unclear. Some suggest an origin from the American South, [1] other sources suggest it originated in Canada and was brought south by the Acadians who migrated to the American South after being expelled from from the Maritimes in the mid 1700s, [2] another theory is that it ...
As an English surname, Chow originated as a nickname, from Middle English chowe, meaning "chough" or "jackdaw". [1]As a Chinese surname, Chow may be a romanisation of the pronunciations in different varieties of Chinese of the following surnames, listed based on their Pinyin romanisation (which reflects the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation):
from Chinese Pidgin English chop chop. Chop suey: Cantonese 雜碎: jaap 6 seui 3 'mixed pieces' Chow Cantonese 炒: seiiau 2: From meaning 'cook', perhaps based on Cantonese. lit. 'to stir fry' Chow chow: Cantonese any of a breed of heavy-coated blocky dogs of Chinese origin Chow mein: Cantonese 炒麵: chau 2 mein 6
The fruit goes by many English-language names around the world. "Chayote", the common American English name of the fruit (outside of Louisiana) is from the Spanish word chayote, a derivative of the Nahuatl word chayohtli (pronounced [t͡ʃaˈjoʔt͡ɬi]). [5] It is known as "güisquil" in Guatemala, El Salvador, and "pataste" in Honduras.
Beef chow fun, also known as beef ho fun, gōn cháau ngàuh hó, or gānchǎo níuhé in Chinese (乾炒牛河) meaning "dry fried beef Shahe noodles", is a staple Cantonese dish made from stir-frying beef, hor fun (wide rice noodles) and bean sprouts.