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却

què

Traditional: 㕁

but

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Meaning of 却 in English

quèHSK 4adverbSyllabus #1606
  1. but
  2. yet
  3. however
  4. while
  5. nevertheless
  6. even though
  7. to go back
  8. to decline

Example sentences

  1. 汤姆本该往左转却往右转了。
    tāng mǔ běn gāi wǎng zuǒ zhuǎn què wǎng yòu zhuǎn le。
    Tom turned right when he should've turned left.
    Tatoeba #4764582 by ryanwoo · #4761951 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 尽管天气很冷，孩子却没有大衣穿。
    jǐn guǎn tiān qì hěn lěng， hái zi què méi yǒu dà yī chuān。
    The child had no overcoat on although it was very cold.
    Tatoeba #791417 by fucongcong · #37822 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 你活着，但是却不知道为什么活着。
    nǐ huó zhe， dàn shì què bù zhī dào wèi shén me huó zhe。
    You will exist but you will never know what it is to live.
    Tatoeba #1501634 by fenfang557 · #847183 by Source_Benedict_1921 · CC BY 2.0 FR

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HSK words with 却

冷却HSK 7–9退却HSK 7–9

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences