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除非

chúfēi

only if (..., or otherwise, ...)

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Meaning of 除非 in English

chúfēiHSK 6conjunctionSyllabus #3795
  1. only if (..., or otherwise, ...)
  2. only when
  3. only in the case that
  4. unless

Example sentences

  1. 除非雨停了，我们才会出去。
    chú fēi yǔ tíng le， wǒ men cái huì chū qù。
    We won't go out unless it stops raining.
    Tatoeba #332695 by fucongcong · #26839 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 除非你去做，否則你永遠不知道。
    chú fēi nǐ qù zuò， fǒu zé nǐ yǒng yuǎn bù zhī dào。
    You'll never know unless you try.
    Tatoeba #13261308 by mimosawang · #30341 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 除非他们事先修好刹车，我才会买车子。
    chú fēi tā men shì xiān xiū hǎo shā chē， wǒ cái huì mǎi chē zi。
    I'll only buy the car if they fix the brakes first.
    Tatoeba #461524 by fucongcong · #371985 by saeb · 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

除了HSK 3除夕HSK 5删除HSK 5除HSK 6拆除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
非 on its own →
fēi · to not be; not

HSK words with 非

非常HSK 1非洲HSK 5非HSK 7–9并非HSK 7–9非但HSK 7–9非得HSK 7–9非法HSK 7–9非凡HSK 7–9莫非HSK 7–9是非HSK 7–9

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