• my nciku
  • conversations
  • Q&A
  • theme words
  • tools
  • nciku mini

listen

 Auto Play

listen

 Auto Play
HSK rank
除了
Font Size

Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

除了 [chúle]
  1. 1. preposition [表示不包括] except
    除了你其他人都参加了会议。
    Everyone else attended the meeting except you.
  2. 2. preposition [除此以外] apart from
    除了学习英语,还学习日语。
    Apart from studying English, he also studies Japanese.
  3. 3. preposition [表示非此即彼] apart fromthe only
    他的生活很简单,除了工作就是睡觉。
    His life is pretty simple – the only thing he does apart from work is sleep.

Examples

这手机用了好几年了, 除了壳子有点旧之外, 其他都好。
This cell phone has been used for many years, but everything functions well, except that its case is a little old. 壳子
除了小冯以外,其他的人都去了。
Everybody went except Xiao Feng. 其他
除了肯定上场的人以外,几名备选人员也随同进行了训练。 备选
除了科研和教学工作,他还但任了许多社会工作。 社会工作
一旦这件事上除了差错,整个计划就泡汤了。 一旦
除了歌唱,他们还格外安排了舞蹈环节。 格外
那个乞丐除了一席草荐别无它物了。
That beggar has nothing but a straw mat. 草荐
除了这几门主修课, 我还副修了绘画和书法。
Besides these major courses, I minored in painting and handwriting. 副修
除了这张大钞以外, 我没有其他零票了。
I have no change except for this high denomination banknote. 零票
除了皇后以外, 这位国王还娶了三位王妃。
The king married three other concubines besides the queen. 王妃

Word Decomposition


[chú]
+
[liǎo]

Would you like to know more about this word? Simply click the button on the right to ask real people.
You can also check your questions and answers at ‘ My nciku > Posts ’.

Revised Vocab Lists

This word has been edited
4 times by users.

View

Recently Reviewed Words

Content partners 外研社collins