Chinese Notes

却 (卻) què

què conjunction but; yet; however; while; nevertheless
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '卻' 3; Unihan '卻')
què verb to go back; to decline; to retreat
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '卻' 1; Unihan '卻')
què adverb still
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Unihan '卻')
què verb to reject; to decline
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '卻' 1a)
què verb to pardon
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '卻' 1b)
què particle just now
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '卻' 3a)
què particle marks completion
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Used after a verb to indicate completion of an action (Kroll 2015 '卻' 4)
què particle marks comparison
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Used after a verb to indicate comparison (Kroll 2015 '卻' 5)

却步(卻步) to step back
冷却塔(冷卻塔) cooling tower
抛却(拋卻) to discard
了却此生(了卻此生) to die; to be done with this world
却病(卻病) to prevent or treat a disease
却之不恭(卻之不恭) to refuse would be impolite
忘却(忘卻) to forget
却是 actually ; nevertheless; actually; the fact is ...
失却 to lose
谢却(謝卻) to decline; to refuse politely
了却(了卻) to resolve; to settle
退却(退卻) to retreat; to shrink back
曾经沧海难为水，除却巫山不是云(曾經滄海難為水，除卻巫山不是雲) there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu
推却(推卻) to decline ; to repell
弃却(棄却) to discard
冷却(冷卻) to cool off ; to lose interest in
情不可却(情不可卻) unable to refuse because of affection
偿却(償卻) to repay [a debt]
却又(卻又) again ; to return again
冷却水(冷卻水) cooling water (in a reactor)
冷却剂(冷卻劑) coolant
却才(卻才) just now
却倒(卻倒) but on the contrary; but unexpectedly
望而却步(望而卻步) to shrink back; to flinch
省却(省卻) to save; to get rid of (so saving space)

Truncated for common words