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?

   You are thinking about what?

   Quê?

   What?

• não há de quê
• por quê
• porquê

quê m (plural quês)

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

quê m (plural quês)

1. cue (name of the letter Q, q)

From Proto-Vietic *k-veːr (“village”); 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˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [wej˧˧]

quê • (圭, 𬫀)

1. the countryside
2. a 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. your parent's, especially your 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 'bout your birthplace which is here. I'm asking 'bout your father's.

Your 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.