除了

chúle

apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他,除了他,谁也没来 "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語,除了英语,他也会法语 "in addition to

preposition HSK 3.0 · Band 3

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  • 除夕chúxīlunar New Year's EveB5
  • 删除shānchúto deleteB5
  • 拆除chāichúto tear downB6
  • chúto get rid ofB6
  • 除非chúfēionly if (..., or otherwise, ...)B6
  • 排除páichúto eliminateB6
  • 消除xiāochúto eliminateB6

See it in sentences

除了他,别人都不知道。

Apart from him, nobody else knows.

除了跑步,我还游泳。

Besides running, I also swim.