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què

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què Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
què | que4
English translation
still, but; decline; retreat

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About què

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

què

Contains the radical

jié

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

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Etymology of què

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

谷卩

Semantic compound

jié

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. jié represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of què .

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Words with què

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
què but què
冷却 lěngquè to cool off冷卻
忘却 wàng què to forget忘卻
退却 tuì què to retreat退卻
了却 liǎo què to resolve了卻
望而却步 wàng ér què bù to shrink back望而卻步
冷却剂 lěng què jì coolant冷卻劑
冷却塔 lěng què tǎ cooling tower冷卻塔
省却 shěng què to save省卻
抛却 pāo què to discard拋卻
却步 què bù to step back卻步
推却 tuī què to repel推卻
却之不恭 què zhī bù gōng to refuse would be impolite卻之不恭
却病 què bìng to prevent or treat a disease卻病
情不可却 qíng bù kě què unable to refuse because of affection情不可卻

què Decomposition & Compounds

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