què

See also: Appendix:Variations of "que"

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan que, from Latin quid, but also usurping some of the roles of Latin quod.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈke̞]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈkə]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈkɛ]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈke]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛ

Pronoun

què

1. what (interrogative)
2. that, which (impersonal pronoun)

Derived terms

• per què, perquè

See also

• que
• quin

References

• “què”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “què”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “què” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “què”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Corsican

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin eccum (perhaps via some compound), from ecce + eum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɥɛ]

Pronoun

què

1. this, that

   Chì hè què? ― Who is this?

Usage notes

• Corresponding pronoun to the determiners questu, questa, questi, queste.

References

• https://infcor.adecec.net/

Mandarin

Romanization

què (que⁴, Zhuyin ㄑㄩㄝˋ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 卻 / 却
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 咑
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 埆
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 塙
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 墧 / 𰉩
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 寉
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 崅
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 悫
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 愨 / 悫
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 慤 / 悫
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 搉
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 攃
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 榷
14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 殻 / 壳
15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 毃
16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 灍 / 𫞝
17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 燩
18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 猈
19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 獡
20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 琷
21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 皵
22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 硞
23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 确
24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 碏
25. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 確 / 确
26. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 碻
27. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 礐 / 𬒈
28. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 礭
29. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 舃
30. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 舭
31. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 芍
32. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 觱
33. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 趞
34. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 郄
35. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 闋 / 阕
36. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 闕 / 阙
37. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 阕
38. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 阙
39. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 雀
40. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鳤
41. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鵲 / 鹊
42. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𨟠

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 瘸 (SV: qua).

Khmer ខ្វិន (khvən) and Mon ခေံ are false cognates.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kwɛ˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kwɛ˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [wɛ˨˩]

Adjective

què • (跪, 蹶, 𨆠, ⿰𧾷逵)

1. (colloquial) lame due to amputation

   què quặt ― with one's leg(s) and possibly even one's arm(s) amputated

Derived terms

• què cụt
• què quặt

Descendants

• → Bahnar: kue (“lame”)