却

què

“But” in Chinese is 却 (què).

Other characters with the syllable que: see all 3 →

Meaning

but
yet
however

Show 7 more meanings

while
to go back
to decline
to retreat
nevertheless
even though
old variant of 卻|却[que4]

Example

这可能听起来牵强，但却是个真实的问题。

It might sound far-fetched, but this is a real problem.

From 却是 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Stroke Order

7 strokes

Words containing 却

却是què shìneverthelessHSK 6 了却liǎoquèto resolveHSK 7-9 退却tuìquèto retreatHSK 7-9

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