Keyword
to remove
- to eliminate
- to wipe out
- Frequency
- #473
- Strokes
- 9
Readings
chú100%
Mnemonic
The waste 余 produced by a city 阝
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
除了
apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他，除了他，谁也没来[chu2 le5 ta1 , shei2 ye3 mei2 lai2] "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語，除了英语，他也会法语[chu2 le5 Ying1 yu3 , ta1 ye3 hui4 Fa3 yu3] "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")
除
to get rid of; to remove; to exclude; to eliminate; to wipe out; to divide; except; not including
废除
to abolish; to abrogate; to repeal
删除
to delete; to cancel
解除
to remove; to sack; to get rid of; to relieve (sb of their duties); to free; to lift (an embargo); to rescind (an agreement)
除非
only if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when; only in the case that; unless
消除
to eliminate; to remove
排除
to eliminate; to remove; to exclude; to rule out
开除
to expel (a member of an organization); to fire (an employee)
拆除
to tear down; to demolish; to dismantle; to remove
清除
to clear away; to eliminate; to get rid of
除此之外
apart from this; in addition to this
除外
to exclude; not including sth (when counting or listing); except for
免除
to prevent; to avoid; to excuse; to exempt; to relieve; (of a debt) to remit
除去
to eliminate; to remove; except for; apart from
去除
to remove; to dislodge
移除
to remove
破除
to eliminate; to do away with; to get rid of
切除
to excise; to cut out (a tumor)
扣除
to deduct
扫除
to clean; to clean up; to eliminate; to wipe out
铲除
to root out; to eradicate; to sweep away; to abolish
剔除
to reject; to discard; to get rid of
除夕
lunar New Year's Eve