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除了 (ceoi4 liu5) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

除了 (ceoi4 liu5, chú le) — 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"); (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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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 除咗 (ceoi4 zo2) — aside from; except for; unless
• 除笨有精 (ceoi4 ban6 jau5 zeng1) — (proverb) plan; action is like a poor or stupid idea but in fact it is a smart …
• 除衫 (ceoi4 saam1) — taking off clothes (spoken)
• 除褲隔渣 (ceoi4 fu3 gaak3 zaa1) — to describe someone who is stingy to extreme means
• 除 (ceoi4) — (slang) (of clothes) 1. to undress of; 2. take off; to get rid of; to remove; t…
• 除鞋 (ceoi4 haai4) — to take off one's shoes

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