却
卻Meanings
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- 1.but
- 2.yet
- 3.however
- 4.while
- 5.to go back
- 6.to decline
- 7.to retreat
- 8.nevertheless
- 9.even though
- 1.old variant of 却[què]
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Wiktionary
- 1.they; them
- 2.to hold up with both hands
- 3.to catch
- 4.to dispel
- 5.to pick up; to gather
- 6.to tidy up; to put in order; to straighten out
- 7.to levy; to collect; to receive (money, taxes, etc.)
- 8.to give birth to; to bear
- 9.to assemble; to gather together
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Etymology
; Etymology 1 ; Etymology 2 From 佢 (“he; she; it”), with -k (plural marker) and tone change (Gan, 1997). This may be a contraction of 佢個 /佢个 (Zhang, 1997) or 佢屋 (Zhang, 2005; Kwok, 2006). Compare 偌 (“you (plural)”), from 你 (“you (singular)”).
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
他保证过会来却没有来。
He promised to come, but he didn't come.
汤姆本该往左转却往右转了。
Tom turned right when he should've turned left.
你活着，但是却不知道为什么活着。
You will exist but you will never know what it is to live.
尽管天气很冷，孩子却没有大衣穿。
The child had no overcoat on although it was very cold.
我要的是茶，而他却给了我一杯咖啡。
He brought me coffee, when I had asked for tea.
他衣着像个绅士，言行举止却像个小丑。
His dress is that of a gentleman, but his speech and behavior are those of a clown.
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