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)
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