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除

chú

eliminate, remove, except

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Radical
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Tone
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Example sentences

  • 六除以二得三。

    Liù chú yǐ èr dé sān

    Six divided by two is three.

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  • 我们决定不开除你。

    Wǒ men jué dìng bù kāi chú nǐ

    We've decided not to fire you.

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  • 除非我死了!

    Chú fēi wǒ sǐ le

    Over my dead body.

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  • 除了一人,大家都回家了。

    Chú le yī rén dà jiā dōu huí jiā le

    Except for one person, everybody went home.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 除

  • 除了chú le 2–5besides; apart from (... also...); in addition to; except (for)
  • 除chú 2to get rid of; to remove; to exclude; to eliminate; to wipe out; to divide; except; not including
  • 除非chú fēi 2–1 only if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when; only in the case that; unless
  • 排除pái chú 2–2 to eliminate; to remove; to exclude; to rule out
  • 消除xiāo chú 1–2 to eliminate; to remove
  • 解除jiě chú 3–2 to remove; to sack; to get rid of; to relieve (sb of their duties); to free; to lift (an embargo); to rescind (an agreement)
  • 删除shān chú 1–2 to delete; to cancel
  • 拆除chāi chú 1–2 to tear down; to demolish; to dismantle; to remove
  • 除夕chú xī 2–1 lunar New Year's Eve
  • 清除qīng chú 1–2 to clear away; to eliminate; to get rid of
  • 开除kāi chú 1–2 to expel (a member of an organization); to fire (an employee)
  • 废除fèi chú 4–2 to abolish; to abrogate; to repeal