quê
See also: Appendix:Variations of "que"
PortugueseEdit
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -e
- Hyphenation: quê
Etymology 1Edit
PronounEdit
quê
- (interrogative, sentence-final) what (which thing)
- Pensas no quê?
- You are thinking about what?
- Quê?
- What?
Derived termsEdit
NounEdit
quê m (plural quês)
- a characteristic (distinguishable feature of a person or thing)
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
quê m (plural quês)
- cue (name of the letter Q, q)
VietnameseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Vietic *k-veːr (“village”); cognate with Muong quêl (“village”) and Chut [Rục] kəveːl¹. Compare also Proto-Katuic *wiil ~ *weel (whence Pacoh veil).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
- countryside; the country, rural area
- birthplace
- hometown; place one is originally from; hometown of one's ancestors, usually considered in the male line
- Synonym: quê quán
- Tết này có về quê không?
- Will you go back to your hometown this New Year?
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AdjectiveEdit
- Short for quê mùa (“typical of countrymen; rural, lame and tacky”).
- (Southern Vietnam, by extension) very embarrassing; mortifying
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