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除

chú
verb HSK 6 #3,612

Meanings

  1. 1 to remove; to get rid of
  2. 2 to divide (math)
  3. 3 except; besides; apart from

Examples

除了他，大家都来了。
Chúle tā, dàjiā dōu lái le.
Everyone came except him.
十除以二等于五。
Shí chú yǐ èr děngyú wǔ.
Ten divided by two equals five.
除夕夜一家人团圆。
Chúxī yè yī jiā rén tuányuán.
The whole family reunites on New Year's Eve.

Tips

grammar
除了...以外 is a key pattern: 除了...以外，都... (except for X, all...) or 除了...以外，还/也... (in addition to X, also...). Context determines which meaning applies.

Stroke Order

除 chú