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除了

except

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

chu2le5 • chúle

Meaning

Primary

except

Alternatives

besides

Mnemonic

When you say the word 除了 except as a conjunction, you 了 did 除 eliminate everything else from a condition 除了 except one thing.

Usage

除了 昨天， 这 个 星期 天气 都 很 好。

Except yesterday, this week's weather has been great.

除了 下雨， 我 每天 都 去 跑步。

Except when it rains, I go running every day.

我 喜欢 所有 食物， 除了 寿司。

I like all food except sushi.