quê

From Portuguese que and quê.

quê

1. (interrogative, sentence-final) what (which thing)

   Tão cedo para quê? Qui afogoso!

   So early for what? So anxious!

quê

1. (rare) alternative form of qui: which

   Quê cuza pôde fazê?

   What can be done?

   (literally, “Which thing can be done?”)

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• Rhymes: -e
• Hyphenation: quê

From Latin quem (“what”).

quê

1. (interrogative, sentence-final) what (which thing)

   Pensas no quê? ― What are you thinking about?

quê m (plural quês)

1. a characteristic (distinguishable feature of a person or thing)

quê m (plural quês)

2. The name of the Latin-script letter Q/q.

• (Latin-script letter names) letra; á, bê, cê, dê, é / ê, efe / fê, gê / guê, agá, i, jota / ji, cá / capa, ele / lê, eme / mê, ene / nê, ó / ô, pê, quê, erre / rê, esse, tê, u, vê, dáblio / dâblio / duplo vê, xis, ípsilon / i grego, zê

• (Nẫu) quơ (syllable-final /e/ > /əː/)

Inherited from Proto-Vietic *k-veːr (“village”), itself a *k- prefixed derivative of Proto-Vietic *veːr (“to return”) (whence về). Cognate with Muong quêl (“village”) and Chut [Rục] kəveːl¹. Compare also Proto-Katuic *wiil ~ *weel (whence Pacoh veil).

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kwe˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kwej˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [wej˧˧]

quê • (圭, 𬫀)

1. the countryside
2. hometown (place of birth or residence)

   Synonym: nơi sinh

   Tết này có về quê không?

   Will you go back to your hometown this New Year?

3. one's parent's, especially one's father's, birthplace

   Synonym: quê quán

   Quê mày ở đâu ?
   Đắk Lắk ạ.
   Không phải ở đây. Ý tao là quê bố mày.

   Hometown?
   Dak Lak.
   I'm not asking about your birthplace which is here. I'm asking about your father's.

• One's parent's birthplace may be used on an identity card (giấy chứng minh nhân dân or căn cước công dân), especially if they moved from their own birthplace.

quê • (圭, 𬫀)

1. short for quê mùa (“typical of countrymen; rural, lame and tacky”)
2. (Southern Vietnam, by extension) very embarrassing; mortifying

   Mẹ ở nhà đi. Con lớn rồi có mẹ đi cùng thì quê lắm.

   Just stay home. I'm a grown-up and it's embarrassing to be chaperoned by you.