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却 + Predicate (however / yet)
הוצגהמיקום המנוהל נשמר בדפדפן הזה. המשך אינו משלים את השיעור או עונה על שאלותיו.
Tired but awake
- After a long day you lie in bed, exhausted, but your mind won't stop.
- I我very很rope累，yet却to sleep睡not不(ongoing -ing)着。 — "I'm exhausted, yet I can't sleep."
Subject + yet却 + predicate = yet, however
- yet却 marks a contrast and goes after the subject of the second clause, before the verb.
- he他very很rich有钱，yet却not不happy快乐 — "He's rich, but he isn't happy."
he他very很rich有钱，yet却not不happy快乐。
Complete: “It's spring, yet it's still very cold.” 已经是春天了，天气____还很冷。
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却 after the subject marks the contrast.
With but但是 / but可是
- It can follow but但是: I我wanted to想help帮he他，but但是he他yet却not不need it需要。 — "I wanted to help him, but he didn't need it."
- It often appears in writing and stories.
I我wanted to想help帮him他，but但是he他yet却not不need it需要。
Build: “I wanted to help him, but he didn't need it.”
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但是 + subject + 却 + predicate.
yet却 never comes first
- yet却 is an adverb: it goes after the subject, never at the start: he他yet却not不to come来, not yet却he他not不to come来.
- but但是 starts the clause; yet却 follows the subject. They can be used together.
Which sentence is correct?
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他很聪明，他却不努力 is right: 却 is an adverb, so it goes after the subject of its clause. Unlike 但是, it can never start the clause.
yet却 versus but但是
- but但是 is the general "but" and opens the clause.
- yet却 stresses the surprising contrast and sits inside the clause: it天very很cold冷，he他yet却only只wore穿(completed / change)了a一件Tvariant of 恤恤.
it天very很cold冷，he他yet却only只wore穿了a一件T-shirtT恤。
却 can open a clause on its own, like 但是.
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却 is an adverb after the subject.
Recap
- Subject + yet却 + predicate = yet, however (a surprising contrast).
- After the subject, never first; can combine with but但是 / but可是.
Read the full reference: HSK 4 grammar — "But" statements.
After a long day you lie in bed, exhausted, but your mind won't stop. Close the examples. Say a Mandarin response, then write it in Chinese. Explain briefly in English what the lesson’s pattern adds. Compare with the model, then change one detail and try again.
This is supported productive practice. Compare meaning and structure; your answer need not copy the model. A partner or teacher must hear the spoken response to comment on pronunciation.