除
chúㄔㄨˊ
Sino-Vietnamese: TRỪ
Traditional: 除
HSK 5HSK 3.0 · 6TOCFL 2
Meaning(preposition, verb)
to get rid of; to remove; to exclude; to eliminate; to wipe out; to divide; except; not including
Most common in 除了……以外 (apart from…).
Examples
除了他，大家都来了。
chú le tā, dà jiā dōu lái le.
Everyone came except him.
十除以二等于五。
shí chú yǐ èr děng yú wǔ.
Ten divided by two is five.
春节前要大扫除。
chūn jié qián yào dà sǎo chú.
We do a big clean before Spring Festival.
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Stroke order
TRỪ · 9 strokes
to get rid of; to remove; to exclude; to eliminate; to wipe out; to divide; except; not including
Related words
- 除了 chú le — besides; apart from (... also...); in addition to; except (for)
- 除非 chú fēi — only if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when; only in the case that; unless
- 删除 shān chú — to delete; to cancel
- 除夕 Chú xī — lunar New Year's Eve
- 排除 pái chú — to eliminate; to remove; to exclude; to rule out
- 消除 xiāo chú — to eliminate; to remove
- 解除 jiě chú — to remove; to sack; to get rid of; to relieve (sb of their duties); to free; to lift (an embargo); to rescind (an agreement)
- 清除 qīng chú — to clear away; to eliminate; to get rid of