1. (B2) cut something in pieces with an axe (cái rìu), a knife or another sharp instrument.

He was chopping wood in the yard. Anh ấy đang chẻ củi trong sân.

Chop (up) the onions and carrots roughly. Thái sơ hành và cà rốt.

Peel the cucumber and chop it into cubes.

2. If something is chopped in business, it is stopped and reduced.

Because of the lack of funding many long-term research projects are being chopped.

(n) (meat) a small piece of meat with a bone still in it: sườn non

a lamb/pork chop