除了
chú le
HSK level: HSK 3
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")
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除了汤姆没有人来。
chú le Tāng mǔ méi yǒu rén lái。
No one came except Tom.
除了星期天他每天工作。
chú le Xīng qī tiān tā měi tiān gōng zuò。
He works every day except Sunday.
除了雨天我每天都散步。
chú le yǔ tiān wǒ měi tiān dōu sàn bù。
I take a walk every day except when it rains.