chú fēi
除非 (chú fēi) is a Chinese word meaning “only if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when; only in the case that”.
Meanings
- 1only if (..., or otherwise, ...)
- 2only when
- 3only in the case that
- 4unless
- Part of speech
- conjunction, preposition
Characters in 除非
Related words
非常very; really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")非to not be; not非abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa开除to expel (a member of an organization)非法illegal并非really isn't非洲Africa排除to eliminate除to get rid of非得(followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可, or 不行 etc) must解除to remove