除了 in English

Character breakdown

• 除 chú to get rid of
• 了瞭 liǎo (of eyes) bright

Stroke order

How it used to be written

除

• Warring States script 春秋晚期或戰國早期.秦
• Clerical script 東漢
• See all 10 forms

了

• Small seal script
• Clerical script 曹魏至西晉
• See all 3 forms

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Examples

• 他把他的那段话从磁带里删除了。

  He erased his speech from the tape.

• 他生活除了享乐之外没别的了。

  He lives for nothing but pleasure.

• 他的兒子被學校開除了。

  His son was expelled from school.

• 他的房间除了一张桌子，就甚么也没有了。

  There was nothing but a desk in his room.

• 我除了坐飞机外别无选择。

  I have no choice except going by air.

• 海啸的警报解除了。

  The tsunami alert was cancelled.

• 美国在一八六三年废除了奴隶制度。

  America did away with slavery in 1863.

All example sentences with 除了