除了

chúle

apart from; besides

prepositionHSK 3.0 word list · Band 3
Dictionary entry

apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他，除了他，谁也没来 "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語，除了英语，他也会法语 "in addition to

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除了他，别人都不知道。

Chúle tā, biérén dōu bù zhīdào.

English

Apart from him, nobody else knows.

除了跑步，我还游泳。

Chúle pǎobù, wǒ hái yóuyǒng.

English

Besides running, I also swim.

Goes with

  • 除了我except me
  • 除了今天except today
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