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却

què

HSK 4 Character Traditional 卻

What 却 means

1. but
2. yet
3. however
4. while
5. to go back
6. to decline
7. to retreat
8. nevertheless
9. even though

Other readings

却 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• quèold variant of {却|què}

Example sentences

• 却没有人要听。
  But no one wanted to hear it.
• 他严厉却善良。
  He is strict yet kind.
• 她很有钱却很不幸。
  She is rich, but unfortunate.
• 他瞄准了，却没命中。
  Tā miáozhǔn le, què méimìng zhōng.
  He aimed, but missed.
• 她很穷，但却很快乐。
  She is poor, but she looks happy.
• 你会游泳，我却不会。
  You can swim, but I can't.

Words starting with 却

• 却是què shìnevertheless; actually; the fact is ...
• 却才què cáijust now
• 却步què bùto step back
• 却病què bìngto prevent or treat a disease
• 却倒què dàobut on the contrary; but unexpectedly
• 却之不恭què zhī bù gōngto refuse would be impolite

Words containing 却

• 冷却lěng què(lit. and fig.) to cool
• 忘却wàng quèto forget
• 了却liǎo quèto resolve; to settle
• 退却tuì quèto retreat; to shrink back
• 望而却步wàng ér què bù(lit.) to shrink back at the sight of (sth daunting) (idiom); (fig.) to be deterred
• 推却tuī quèto repel; to decline
• 谢却xiè quèto decline; to refuse politely
• 了却此生liǎo què cǐ shēngto live out one's life; to die
• 情不可却qíng bù kě quèunable to refuse because of affection
• 省却shěng quèto save; to get rid of (so saving space)
• 冷却塔lěng què tǎcooling tower
• 冷却水lěng què shuǐcooling water (in a reactor)
• 冷却剂lěng què jìcoolant
• 抛却pāo quèto discard
• 曾经沧海难为水，除却巫山不是云céng jīng cāng hǎi nán wéi shuǐ , chú què Wū Shān bù shì yúnthere are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed…

Characters that look like 却

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 即jínamely; that is; i.e.
• 邻línneighbor; adjacent; close to
• 匈XiōngHungary; Hungarian; abbr. for 匈牙利
• 邳Pīsurname Pi; Han dynasty county in present-day Jiangsu; also pr. Péi
• 邹Zōusurname Zou; vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BC) in the southeast of…
• 邬Wūsurname Wu; ancient place name

Sounds the same

Read què, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 确authenticated; solid; firm
• 雀(bound form) small bird; sparrow; also pr. qiǎo
• 鹊magpie
• 阙Imperial city watchtower (old); fault; deficiency
• 阕(literary) to end; to stop; one of the stanzas (usually two) of a ci poem 词…
• 榷footbridge; toll, levy; monopoly
• 芍used in 芍陂
• 悫honest
• 碻solid; firm
• 埆(of land) barren; stony
• 塙truly
• 搉consult; knock; beat