qué

Thân thiện

Bà cụ cho những con qué trong sân ăn thóc.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Poultry, fowl (archaic): "qué" refers to domestic fowl, especially chickens, kept for their eggs or meat. It is an archaic term.
   • Hen (specifically): In some contexts, it can specifically mean a hen.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Nhà bà ấy chuyên nuôi gà nuôi qué. (Her family specializes in raising poultry.)
  • Tiếng qué kêu vang khắp sân. (The sound of the hens clucking echoed across the yard.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "qué" is primarily used in fixed, idiomatic expressions or in poetic/archaic contexts. Its standalone use in modern Vietnamese is very rare.
• "Nuôi gà nuôi qué": A common idiom meaning "to raise poultry" or, more broadly, "to engage in small-scale animal husbandry."
  • Ông bà tôi sống ở nông thôn, suốt ngày nuôi gà nuôi qué. (My grandparents live in the countryside, raising poultry all day long.)

Variants and Related Words

• Gà (n): Chicken. This is the common, modern word for chicken.
• Gia cầm (n): Poultry, fowl. This is the standard modern term for all domestic fowl.
• Vịt (n): Duck.
• Ngỗng (n): Goose.

Synonyms

• Gia cầm: Poultry, fowl.
• Gà: Chicken (though not a perfect synonym, it is the core concept in the modern language).

Notes on Meaning

• The primary and almost exclusive modern use of "qué" is in the idiom "nuôi gà nuôi qué". It serves to rhyme with "gà" and emphasizes the variety or act of raising fowl, rather than referring to a specific type of bird.
• As an isolated word, it is considered archaic and is not used in everyday contemporary Vietnamese. Learners should understand it through its appearance in this specific idiom.

Học thuật

1. Poultry
   • Nuôi gà nuôi qué
     To raise (keep) poultry