qu
Translingual edit
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qu
English edit
Etymology edit
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 區/区.
Noun edit
qu (plural qus)
- (China) An administrative subdivision of China roughly equivalent to districts, distinguished from the more rural "counties" (xian).
- [1973, Survey of China Mainland Press[1], numbers 5308-5345, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 52:
- […] the Party committee of Peiyuanmen commune of Lienhu ch'u in Sian municipality has since the year before last set up outside-school cultural activity centers in the commune headquarters and in various neighborhood committees.]
- 1990, Barrett L. McCormick, “Elections to Local People's Congresses”, in Political Reform in Post-Mao China: Democracy and Bureaucracy in a Leninist State[2], University of California Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 138:
- At the time of the elections (1980) Nanjing was subdivided into three suburban counties (xian) and nine urban districts (qu).
- 2009, Roger Des Forges, “Tales of Three City Walls in China's Central Plain”, in Chinese Walls in Time and Space: A Multidisciplinary Perspective, →ISBN, →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 60–61:
- As we have seen, the people of Guide/Shangqiu have traced the history of their city back well before the Ming and especially to the Han period. The People's Republic has recognized that heritage by naming the district subordinate to Shangqiu city the Liangyuan qu (Liang Garden District) and the district subordinate to Guide the Suiyang qu (Suiyang District) (see Map 3).
Azerbaijani edit
Cyrillic | гу | |
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Abjad | قو |
Etymology edit
From Common Turkic *quɣu (“swan”), from Proto-Turkic *kugu (“swan”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
qu (definite accusative qunu, plural qular)
Declension edit
Declension of qu | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | qu |
qular | ||||||
definite accusative | qunu |
quları | ||||||
dative | quya |
qulara | ||||||
locative | quda |
qularda | ||||||
ablative | qudan |
qulardan | ||||||
definite genitive | qunun |
quların |
Further reading edit
- “qu” in Obastan.com.
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
qu m (plural qus)
- Alternative spelling of ku
Mandarin edit
Romanization edit
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 戌
qu
- Nonstandard spelling of qū.
- Nonstandard spelling of qú.
- Nonstandard spelling of qǔ.
- Nonstandard spelling of qù.
Usage notes edit
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Musi edit
Alternative forms edit
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qu
Spanish edit
Letter edit
qu (lower case, upper case QU, mixed case Qu)
Further reading edit
- “qu”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014