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却
㕁
què
1. old variant of [[卻|却<què>]]
HSK 4 Very Common • Top 1%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

却
què
still, but; decline; retreat
HSK 4 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

了却
liǎoquè
to resolve
冷却
lěngquè
to cool off
HSK 6
却倒
quèdào
but on the contrary
却才
quècái
just now
却是
quèshì
nevertheless
却步
quèbù
to step back
却病
quèbìng
to prevent or treat a disease
忘却
wàngquè
to forget
抛却
pāoquè
to discard
推却
tuīquè
to repel
省却
shěngquè
to save
谢却
xièquè
to decline
退却
tuìquè
to retreat
冷却剂
lěngquèjì
coolant
冷却塔
lěngquètǎ
cooling tower
冷却水
lěngquèshuǐ
cooling water (in a reactor)
了却此生
liǎoquècǐshēng
to die
却之不恭
quèzhībùgōng
to refuse would be impolite
情不可却
qíngbùkěquè
unable to refuse because of affection
望而却步
wàngérquèbù
to shrink back

Alternate Entries

却
què
but / yet / however / while / to go back / to decline / to retreat / nevertheless / even though
HSK 4

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
286
Word Frequency Rank
613 of 84,292

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