却
是

Nevertheless in Chinese: 却是 (què shì)

què shì

nevertheless

HSK 3.0 Level 6Traditional: 卻是1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1nevertheless
  2. 2actually
  3. 3the fact is ...

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是

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ㄑㄩㄝˋ

què

ㄑ/ qㄩ/ üㄝ/ êˋ/ fourth tone

ㄕˋ

shì

ㄕ/ shˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

却是

Simplified

卻是

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 他看着很凶，却是个很善良的人。

    tā kàn zhe hěn xiōng， què shì gè hěn shàn liáng de rén。

    He looks fierce, but he is actually a very kind person.

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Related words

是

shì

to be (followed by substantives only)

却

què

but

但是

dàn shì

but

还是

hái shi

still (as before)

总是

zǒng shì

always

可是

kě shì

but

于是

yú shì

thereupon

凡是

fán shì

each and every

是否

shì fǒu

whether (or not)

要是

yào shi

(coll.) if

老是

lǎo shi

always

正是

zhèng shì

is precisely

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