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除了

chú・le

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Radical
Strokes11
HSK 3
Definitions
prep
  • 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")
part
  • (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")
Examples

那条山路,除了他,谁也不熟悉。

Nà tiáo shān lù, chúle tā, shéi yě bù shúxī.

That mountain path, except for him, no one is familiar with it.

他除了教课,还负责学校里工会的工作

Tā chúle jiāo kè, hái fùzé xuéxiào lǐ gōnghuì de gōngzuò.

Besides teaching classes, he is also responsible for the union work at school.

他除了写小说,有时候也写写诗。

Tā chúle xiě xiǎoshuō, yǒu shíhou yě xiěxie shī.

Besides writing novels, he sometimes also writes poetry.

Strokes: 11HSK 3Frequency #27246Verified