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却

què

still, but; decline; retreat

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Radical
卩
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Tone
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Traditional form: 卻

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Example sentences

  • 我爱她，但是她却爱别人。

    Wǒ ài tā dàn shì tā què ài bié ren

    I love her, but she loves someone else.

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  • 他保证过会来却没有来。

    Tā bǎo zhèng guo huì lái què méi yǒu lái

    He promised to come, but he didn't come.

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  • 你一直都知道，却什么都没做。

    Nǐ yī zhí dōu zhī dào què shén me dōu méi zuò

    You knew all this time, but you did nothing.

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  • 她会说中文，却不会说普通话。

    Tā huì shuō Zhōng wén què bù huì shuō pǔ tōng huà

    She can speak a type of Chinese, but she can't speak Mandarin.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 却

  • 却què 4but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though
  • 冷却lěng què 3–4 to cool (lit. and fig.)
  • 却是què shì 4–4 nevertheless; actually; the fact is ...
  • 退却tuì què 4–4 to retreat; to shrink back
  • 了却liǎo què 3–4 to resolve; to settle