Chop chop (phrase)

"Chop chop" is a phrase rooted in Cantonese. It spread through Chinese workers at sea and was adopted by English seamen. "Chop chop" means "hurry, hurry" and suggests that something should be done now and without any delay. The word "chopsticks" likely originates from this root.

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) or may have originated from Malay.

"Chop Chop" was used sparsely during the late 1950s in the Himalayan region of Central Nepal. The phrase was used to signal that a task is of urgency and needed immediate completion or attention. It was however, followed by a greeting word directed at the person who was undertaking the task. This greeting would mostly be 'brother' or of similar arrangement. As times passed, the younger generations started pronouncing it a bit different and somewhat resembling the, now popular, 'bratha'. It has recently made its way into the western culture where it is used in a very similar context among close friends.

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