chú wài
除外 (chú wài) is a Chinese word meaning “to exclude; not including sth (when counting or listing); except for”.
Meanings
- 1to exclude
- 2not including sth (when counting or listing)
- 3except for
- Part of speech
- verb
Characters in 除外
Related words
外面outside (also pr. [wai4 mian5] for this sense)除了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")除非only if (..., or otherwise, ...)另外additional外outside意外unexpected之外outside开除to expel (a member of an organization)外套outer garment; jacket; coat以外apart from外星人space alien; extraterrestrial外科surgery (branch of medicine)