| 忘却 | wàng què | to forget | |
| 冷却 | lěng què | to cool off; cooling | |
| 却说 | què shuō | and the story continues thus: (literary auxiliary particle 發語辭 |发语辞 ) | |
| 退却 | tuì què | to retreat; to shrink back | |
| 望而却步 | wàng ér què bù | to shrink back; to flinch |
| 1 | I knocked on the door many times, but no one answered. | |
| 2 | I really want to travel, but I don't have time. | |
| 3 | They waited for a long time, but didn't get anything. | |
| 4 | Although he's young, he's really chubby. | |
| 5 | Everyone else has solved it, but I can't. |
