chú le
除了 (chú le) is a Chinese word meaning “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")”.
Meanings
- 1apart 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")
- 2(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")
- Part of speech
- preposition
Characters in 除了
Related words
了(completed action marker)了to finish了(of eyes) bright了unofficial variant of 瞭[liao4]为了for; for the purpose of; in order to了解to understand了解to understand极了extremely除非only if (..., or otherwise, ...)罢了a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much)罢了a modal particle indicating (don't mind it, ok)受不了unbearable