其余

其餘

qíyú

pronoun HSK 4 #4,879

Meanings

1 the rest; the remainder
2 the others; remaining

Characters

his; her; its; that

remainder; surplus

Examples

我只认识两个人，其余的都不认识。

Wǒ zhǐ rènshi liǎng gè rén, qíyú de dōu bù rènshi.

I only know two people; I don't know the rest.

除了小王以外，其余的人都来了。

Chúle Xiǎo Wáng yǐwài, qíyú de rén dōu lái le.

Apart from Xiao Wang, everyone else came.

Tips

usage

其余 (the rest/remaining) is slightly more formal than 其他 (other). 其余 emphasizes 'the remainder of a known set', while 其他 just means 'other'.

Stroke Order

其 qí

余 yú