却
què
still, but; decline; retreat
- Strokes
- 7
- Level
- HSK 4 · TOCFL Level 3
- Frequency
- No. 574
- Traditional
- 卻
How to write 却, stroke by stroke
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What 却 means
old variant of 却; but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though
Words with 却
- 却是què shìnevertheless; actually; the fact is ...
- 忘却wàng quèto forget
- 冷却lěng quèto cool (lit. and fig.)
- 退却tuì quèto retreat; to shrink back
- 了却liǎo quèto resolve; to settle
- 却倒què dàobut on the contrary; but unexpectedly
- 却才què cáijust now
- 却病què bìngto prevent or treat a disease
- 谢却xiè quèto decline; to refuse politely
- 冷却水lěng què shuǐcooling water (in a reactor)
- 冷却塔lěng què tǎcooling tower
- 却步què bùto step back
却 in a sentence
wǒ shēng píng nán dé zuò le yí jiàn hǎo shì . . . què shì méi yòng de 。
For once in my life I'm doing a good deed... And it is useless.
jīn shǔ lěng què de shí hòu huì shōu suō 。
Metals contract when they cool.
gāng xiǎng qí dān chē qù ， què xià qǐ yǔ le 。
I was thinking that I would go there by bicycle, but it began to rain.
tā suī rán qióng ， què hěn xìng fú 。
Even though he's poor, he's happy.
wǒ de gē ge bǐ wǒ dà liǎng suì ， dàn tā què bǐ wǒ ǎi sān lí mǐ 。
My brother is two years older than I, but he is three centimeters shorter.