“què” is used to express transition. It indicates the situation is not what it is supposed to be or the two things mentioned are inconsistent. If there is a subject in the second clause, “què” must be put after the subject. If there is no subject in the second clause, “què” is put before the predicate.
“却”表示转折，后面的动作或状态超出原来的预料，或前后说的事有矛盾或互相对立。如果后一分句有主语，“却”必须放在主语后面。如果后一分句没有主语，“却”放在谓语前面。
eg:
Tā cái xué le yì nián Hànyǔ, què shuō de hěn hǎo.
他才学了一年汉语，却说得很好。
He has learned Chinese for just one year. But he speaks very well.
Zhè jiā shāngdiàn hěn xiǎo, lǐmian de dōngxi què hěn duō.
这家商店很小，里面的东西却很多。
This is a small shop. But there are a lot of goods there.
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