除了

Traditional form:

除了

Pinyin (reading):

chúle

Definitions:

• 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 (chúletā,shéiyěméilái) "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 (chúle Yīngyǔ,tāyěhuì Fǎyǔ) "in addition to English, he also knows French")
• (used to introduce one of two habitual alternatives in the pattern 除了 (chúle) + A + 就是 (jiùshì) + B, "either A or B")

Characters:

• 除 - to eliminate, to remove, to wipe out
• 了 - clear; to finish; particle of completed action

Traditional characters:

• 除 - to eliminate, to remove, to wipe out
• 了 - clear; to finish; particle of completed action