除了

Chinese

		remove; do away with; wipe out remove; do away with; wipe out; divide; except	to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)
simp. and trad. (除了)		除	了

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chúle

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨˊ ˙ㄌㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi⁴ liu⁵

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhù-liáu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tû-liáu / tîr-liáu / tî-liáu / chhû-liáu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): de⁵ liou³

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶zy-leq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chúle
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨˊ ˙ㄌㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chúle̊
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu²-lê⁵
    • Yale: chú-le
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chwu.le
    • Palladius: чулэ (čulɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵ lə³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceoi⁴ liu⁵
    • Yale: chèuih líuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey⁴ liu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêu⁴ liu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵy̯²¹ liːu̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhù-liáu
    • Hakka Romanization System: cuˇ liau`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cu² liau³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰu¹¹ li̯au̯³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tû-liáu
    • Tâi-lô: tû-liáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: duliao
    • IPA (Taipei): /tu²⁴⁻¹¹ liau⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tu²⁴⁻²² liau⁵³/
    • IPA (Philippines): /tu²⁴⁻²² liau⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tu²³⁻³³ liau⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tîr-liáu
    • Tâi-lô: tîr-liáu
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɯ²⁴⁻²² liau⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tî-liáu
    • Tâi-lô: tî-liáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diliao
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti²³⁻³³ liau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ti²⁴⁻¹¹ liau⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ti¹³⁻²² liau⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhû-liáu
    • Tâi-lô: tshû-liáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhuliao
    • IPA (Penang): /t͡sʰu²³⁻²¹ liau⁴⁴⁵/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: de⁵ liou³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tṳ̂ liòu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɯ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ liou²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶zy-leq
    • MiniDict: zy^去 leh
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zr-leq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zz̩²² ləʔ⁴⁴/

Preposition

除了

1. except; except for
2. besides; in addition to
3. (除了……，就是……) either ... or ...

Synonyms

• (except): 除非 (chúfēi)
• (besides): 除開／除开 (chúkāi), 除去 (chúqù)

Derived terms

• 除了……以外 (chúle...yǐwài)

 

See also

• (Cantonese) 除咗 (ceoi4 zo2)