Though I may be in the jaws of death, I am as a firm as a rock.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
却是
nevertheless
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
nevertheless
02
actually
03
the fact is
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 却是 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 却是 appears in 18 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
He can't swim at all, but when it comes to skiing, he is the best.
It might sound far-fetched, but this is a real problem.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 却是.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 却是.
Directly before
- 但却是4
- 的却是2
- 人却是1
- 他却是1
- 而言却是1
Directly after
- 却是没用1
- 却是在1
- 却是安如泰山1
- 却是十分1
- 却是一个1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 却是
What does 却是 mean in Chinese?
却是 (quèshì) means nevertheless.
How do you pronounce 却是?
却是 is pronounced quèshì.
Is 却是 an HSK word?
却是 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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