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却

què · que

Traditional 卻 / 㕁

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Meaning

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què 卻

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

què 㕁

  1. old variant of 卻 / 却 (què)
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In a conversation

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Swapping days

  1. Liangliang

    今天(jīntiān)天气(tiānqì)很(hěn)好(hǎo)，我(wǒ)却(què)不(bù)想(xiǎng)出门(chūmén)。

    The weather is nice today, yet I do not want to go out.

  2. Dengdeng

    为什么(wèishénme)？

    Why?

  3. Liangliang

    昨天(zuótiān)睡(shuì)得(de)很(hěn)早(zǎo)，今天(jīntiān)却(què)特别(tèbié)累(lèi)。

    I went to bed early yesterday, but I am especially tired today.

  4. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)正好相反(zhènghǎoxiāngfǎn)，睡(shuì)得(de)很(hěn)晚(wǎn)，却(què)一点(yīdiǎn)都(dōu)不(bù)累(lèi)。

    I am the opposite. I slept late, but I am not tired at all.

  5. Liangliang

    那(nà)我们(wǒmen)换一换(huànyīhuàn)吧(ba)，我(wǒ)去(qù)睡觉(shuìjiào)，你(nǐ)去(qù)玩(wán)。

    Then let us swap: I will go to sleep and you go play.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)要(yào)的(de)是(shì)茶(chá)，而(ér)他(tā)却(què)给(gěi)了(le)我(wǒ)一(yì)杯(bēi)咖(kā)啡(fēi)。

He brought me coffee, when I had asked for tea.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)答(dā)应(yìng)来(lái)帮(bāng)忙(máng)，却(què)一(yì)直(zhí)没(méi)有(yǒu)出(chū)现(xiàn)。

He promised to come and help, yet he never showed up.

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