Standard Lemma guide

chop-chop

adv · intj · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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1

adv

Meaning 1

Quickly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

intj

Meaning 2

Used to urge someone to do something quickly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • (Singapore) chop-chop kalipok

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Tobacco that is produced and sold without excise (tax), and therefore cheap and illegal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, informal, uncountable

Examples

  • 2002 November 11, Major ‘chop chop’ seizure in Northern Queensland, Australian Taxation Office, media release.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adverb

Meaning 4

with rapid movements

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he works quickly

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: quickly, rapidly, speedily, apace

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Chinese Pidgin English, from Cantonese 速速 (cuk1 cuk1, “quick”). Recorded in English since the 1830s (see citations for adverb). Recorded as a Chinese term in 1795.

Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: يالا بنا — hurry up
  • Bengali: তাড়াতাড়ি (taṛataṛi) — hurry up
  • Bengali: উইরাতালা (uiratala) — hurry up
  • Catalan: briu — hurry up
  • Chinese Mandarin: 快點 /快点 (kuàidiǎn) — hurry up
  • Czech: fofrem — hurry up
  • Czech: šup šup — hurry up
  • Dutch: vlug een beetje! — hurry up
  • Finnish: hopi hopi — hurry up
  • Finnish: hop hop — hurry up
  • Finnish: mars mars — hurry up
  • French: vite-vite — hurry up
  • French: grouille-grouille ! grouille-toi ! — hurry up
  • French: magne-toi ! — hurry up
  • French: et on se dépêche ! — hurry up
  • French: plus vite que ça ! — hurry up
  • French: on va pas coucher là ! — hurry up
  • German: zack zack — hurry up
  • German: dalli dalli — hurry up
  • German: hopp hopp — hurry up
  • Greek: τσάκα τσάκα (tsáka tsáka) — hurry up
  • Hindi: जल्दी (jaldī) — hurry up
  • Hungarian: gyorsan — hurry up
  • Italian: affrettatevi — hurry up
  • Italian: affrettati — hurry up
  • Japanese: 早く早く (hayaku hayaku) — hurry up
  • Korean: 빨리 빨리 (ppalli ppalli) — hurry up
  • Lithuanian: greičiau greičiau — hurry up
  • Malagasy: malakilaky — hurry up
  • Malagasy: faingana — hurry up
  • Polish: szybciej — hurry up
  • Polish: raz-dwa — hurry up
  • Portuguese: depressa — hurry up
  • Russian: бы́стро-бы́стро (býstro-býstro) — hurry up
  • Spanish: presto — hurry up
  • Spanish: pronto — hurry up
  • Spanish: fierro — hurry up
  • Swedish: skynda dig! — hurry up
  • Swedish: skynda på! — hurry up
  • Swedish: skynda! — hurry up
  • Vietnamese: đi đi mau — hurry up
  • Vietnamese: đi đi — hurry up