卻
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Pronunciation
Peng'im: kiag4
POJ: khiak
Variety: chaozhou
POJ: khiak
Variety: chaozhou
Meanings and usage
conjunction: but, yet, however
卻, 但是
卻, 但是
The character 卻 has five senses (withdraw, drive back an enemy, decline, a verb-suffix particle, and the conjunction/adverb 'but; yet; however') all sharing the single kiag4 reading on the page; the conjunction sense was picked as the most common in everyday speech.