除了

Character by character

• 除chú10 strokesHSK 3eliminate, remove, except
• 了le2 strokesHSK 1 traditional 瞭to finish; particle of completed action

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 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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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 除了. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 了leHSK 1

  (completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)

• 为了wèi leHSK 3

  for; for the purpose of; in order to

• 了解liǎo jiěHSK 4

  to understand; to realize; to find out

• 极了jí leHSK 3

  extremely; exceedingly

• 除chúHSK 6

  to get rid of; to remove; to exclude; to eliminate; to wipe out; to divide; except; not including

• 除非chú fēiHSK 5

  only if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when; only in the case that; unless

• 排除pái chúHSK 5

  to eliminate; to remove; to exclude; to rule out

• 得了dé leHSK 5

  all right!; that's enough!

• 受不了shòu bù liǎoHSK 4

  unbearable; unable to endure; can't stand

• 消除xiāo chúHSK 5

  to eliminate; to remove

• 罢了bà leHSK 6

  a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much)

• 算了suàn leHSK 6

  let it be; let it pass; forget about it

• 完了wán leHSK 5

  to be finished; to be done for; ruined; gone to the dogs; oh no

• 解除jiě chúHSK 5

  to remove; to sack; to get rid of; to relieve (sb of their duties); to free; to lift (an embargo); to rescind (an agreement)

• 切除qiē chúHSK 7

  to excise; to cut out (a tumor)

• 清除qīng chúHSK 7

  to clear away; to eliminate; to get rid of

• 了不起liǎo bu qǐHSK 4

  amazing; terrific; extraordinary

• 开除kāi chúHSK 7

  to expel (a member of an organization); to fire (an employee)

• 除此之外chú cǐ zhī wàiHSK 7

  apart from this; in addition to this

• 删除shān chúHSK 7

  to delete; to cancel

• 大不了dà bù liǎo

  at worst; if worst comes to worst; (usu. in the negative) serious; alarming

• 拆除chāi chúHSK 5

  to tear down; to demolish; to dismantle; to remove

• 不得了bù dé liǎoHSK 5

  desperately serious; disastrous; extremely; exceedingly

• 除去chú qùHSK 7

  to eliminate; to remove; except for; apart from