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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 却
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 却 | què | - old variant of 卻|却[que4] |
| 却 | què | - but - yet - however - while - to go back - to decline - to retreat - nevertheless - even though |
List Ranking for: 却
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2025) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 4 | 275 | 125 | 161 |
Other Words Containing 却
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2025) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 却 | 4 | 4 | 275 | 125 | 161 |
| 忘却 | - | - | 10,173 | 15,013 | 7,967 |
| 冷却 | 6 | 7 | 10,198 | 9,748 | 11,334 |
| 退却 | - | 7 | 24,180 | 28,732 | 31,015 |
| 冷却剂 | - | - | 35,079 | - | - |
| 了却 | - | - | 37,521 | 22,892 | 12,653 |
| 冷却塔 | - | - | 47,762 | 73,025 | 121,774 |
| 望而却步 | - | - | 52,815 | 27,870 | 35,611 |
| 却步 | - | - | 93,898 | 59,406 | 50,613 |
| 省却 | - | - | 97,719 | 54,265 | 64,480 |