chow mein

1. 1.

   chop suey served with fried noodles

   Broaderdish

Questions about chow mein

What does chow mein mean?

chow mein means "chop suey served with fried noodles".

Is chow mein a common word?

chow mein is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.