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除了

chúle

(used to introduce one of two habitual alternatives in the pattern 除了[chu2 le5] + A + 就是[jiu4 shi4] + B, "either A or B")

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Meaning of 除了 in English

chúleHSK 3prepositionSyllabus #566
  1. (used to introduce one of two habitual alternatives in the pattern 除了[chu2 le5] + A + 就是[jiu4 shi4] + B, "either A or B")
  2. apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他，誰也沒來|除了他，谁也没来[chu2 le5 ta1 , shei2 ye3 mei2 lai2] "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語，他也會法語|除了英语，他也会法语[chu2 le5 Ying1 yu3 , ta1 ye3 hui4 Fa3 yu3] "in addition to English, he also knows French")

Example sentences

  1. 除了星期天他每天工作。
    chú le xīng qī tiān tā měi tiān gōng zuò。
    He works every day except Sunday.
    Tatoeba #846427 by Martha · #302274 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 除了雨天我每天都散步。
    chú le yǔ tiān wǒ měi tiān dōu sàn bù。
    I take a walk every day except when it rains.
    Tatoeba #4759979 by ryanwoo · #256141 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 除了洋葱我什么都可以吃。
    chú le yáng cōng wǒ shén me dōu kě yǐ chī。
    I can eat anything but onions.
    Tatoeba #472888 by fucongcong · #254987 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

除 on its own →
chú · to get rid of

HSK words with 除

除夕HSK 5删除HSK 5除HSK 6拆除HSK 6除非HSK 6排除HSK 6消除HSK 6除去HSK 7–9除外HSK 7–9废除HSK 7–9
了 on its own →
le · (completed action marker)

HSK words with 了

了HSK 1了解HSK 3为了HSK 3受不了HSK 4不得了HSK 5了不起HSK 5得了HSK 6算了HSK 6罢了HSK 7–9了结HSK 7–9

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences