除 了

chú ledictionary entry

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[chú le tā , shéi yě méi lái] "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[chú le Yīng yǔ , tā yě huì Fǎ yǔ] "in addition to English, he also knows French") / (used to introduce one of two habitual alternatives in the pattern 除了[chú le] + A + 就是[jiù shì] + B, "either A or B")

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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

除了 除了 [chu2 le5] /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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除了

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