qu

See also: qu', qu-, Qu., qú, qù, qū, and qǔ

Translingual

Symbol

qu

1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Quechua.

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 區／区.

Noun

qu (plural qus)

1. (China) An administrative subdivision of China roughly equivalent to districts, distinguished from the more rural "counties" (xian).
   • [1973, Survey of China Mainland Press‎^[1], numbers 5308-5345, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 52:

     […] the Party committee of Peiyuanmen commune of Lienhu ch'u in Sian municipality has since the year before last set up outside-school cultural activity centers in the commune headquarters and in various neighborhood committees.]

   • 1990, Barrett L. McCormick, “Elections to Local People's Congresses”, in Political Reform in Post-Mao China: Democracy and Bureaucracy in a Leninist State‎^[2], University of California Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 138:

     At the time of the elections (1980) Nanjing was subdivided into three suburban counties (xian) and nine urban districts (qu).

   • 2009, Roger Des Forges, “Tales of Three City Walls in China's Central Plain”, in Chinese Walls in Time and Space: A Multidisciplinary Perspective, →ISBN, →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 60–61:

     As we have seen, the people of Guide/Shangqiu have traced the history of their city back well before the Ming and especially to the Han period. The People's Republic has recognized that heritage by naming the district subordinate to Shangqiu city the Liangyuan qu (Liang Garden District) and the district subordinate to Guide the Suiyang qu (Suiyang District) (see Map 3).

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Common Turkic *quɣu (“swan”), from Proto-Turkic *kugu (“swan”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰴𐰆𐰍𐰆‎ (quɣu), Kazakh қу (qu), Shor қуу, Turkmen guw, Turkish kuğu, Nogai кув (kuv), Karakhanid قُغُو‎ (quɣū).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡu]
• Hyphenation: qu

Noun

qu (definite accusative qunu, plural qular)

1. swan

   Synonym: qu quşu

Further reading

• “qu” in Obastan.com.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ky/

Noun

qu m (plural qus)

1. Alternative spelling of ku

Mandarin

Romanization

qu (qu⁵／qu⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄑㄩ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 戌

qu

1. Nonstandard spelling of qū.
2. Nonstandard spelling of qú.
3. Nonstandard spelling of qǔ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of qù.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Musi

Alternative forms

• aqu

Pronoun

qu

1. I (personal pronoun)

   Qu ngenjoq sén dié agaitangi. ― I gave him/her money yesterday.

2. me (direct object of a verb)

   Naméq nga daq ngendaq qu?. ― Why you didn't invite me?.

3. me (object of a preposition)
4. me (indirect object of a verb)
5. (colloquial) my (belonging to me)

Spanish

Letter

qu (lower case, upper case QU, mixed case Qu)

1. a digraph from the letters q and u

Further reading

• “qu”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014