却

Pinyin: què

but; yet; however; while

Example sentence

他保证过会来却没有来。

Tā bǎozhèng guo huì lái què méiyǒu lái.

He promised to come, but he didn't come.

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What 却 means

却 (què) is a Chinese word meaning “but; yet; however; while”. It appears in the HSK 4 collection.

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Words and levels: HSK Examination Syllabus (2025), Center for Language Education and Cooperation · meanings: CC-CEDICT · example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) · Dictionary-derived data: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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