却

卻traditional

HSK 4#199 by frequencyradical 卩

què["d"]

but; yet; however; while; nevertheless; even though; to go back; to decline; to retreat

Examples

他虽然穷，却很幸福。

Even though he's poor, he's happy.

他瞄准了，却没命中。

He aimed, but missed.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0, modified). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Frequency ranks from the BCC corpus. Full credits on the Attributions page.