gà qué

Vietnamese

Etymology

gà +‎ qué, probably a non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 雞 (“chicken”, SV: kê).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɣaː˨˩ kwɛ˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ɣaː˦˩ kwɛ˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ɣaː˨˩ wɛ˦˥]

Adjective

gà qué

1. (colloquial) chicken (generally speaking)