qu

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

Translingual

Symbol

qu

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

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ky/

Noun

qu m (plural qus)

1. Alternative spelling of ku

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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

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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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