却 (卻) què

  1. què conjunction but; yet; however; while; nevertheless
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '卻' 3; Unihan '卻')
  2. què verb to go back; to decline; to retreat
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '卻' 1; Unihan '卻')
  3. què adverb still
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Unihan '卻')
  4. què verb to reject; to decline
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '卻' 1a)
  5. què verb to pardon
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '卻' 1b)
  6. què particle just now
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '卻' 3a)
  7. 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)
  8. què particle marks comparison
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Used after a verb to indicate comparison (Kroll 2015 '卻' 5)
  9. què adjective driving away; niṣkāsana
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: niṣkāsana (BCSD '卻', p. 222; MW 'niṣkāsana'; SH '卻', p. 233)

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