除

The character "除" has 9 strokes. "除" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "除" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "除" are "chú" . View the stroke order of "除">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "除"

n.: steps to a house; doorsteps; stairs

v.: invest sb in(to) an office; appoint sb to office; get rid of; do away with; eliminate; remove; eradicate; divide

prep.: except; besides; apart/aside from

• doorsteps : n.门阶；（doorstep的复数）
• stairs : n.楼梯；（stair的复数）
• get rid of : 摆脱, 丢弃
• do away with : 废除, 消灭
• eliminate : v.消除；根除；排除；排泄；对…不予考虑；把…排除在外；杀死；除掉；淘汰；消去
• remove : v.去掉；除去；废除；取消；远离；隔代的；隔亲的；除掉；转移；调动
• eradicate : v.根除；消灭
• divide : v.分开；分隔；不同意；使有分歧；除；隔开；将…分配给；分配；为投票（把… ）分成两组；被除尽
• except : prep.除…外
• besides : prep.除…以外

Form words with "除"

除菌剂 disinfectant

除蠹丸 mothball

除体味剂 body odour deodorant

弭除偏见 dispel prejudices

弭除隔阂 remove the misunderstanding

Example phrases using "除"

• 除他之外，每个人都按时到了。

  Everyone except him arrived on time.

• 除你以外，我再没有其他朋友。

  I have no other friend than you.

• 除研究人员外，其他人一律不得入内。

  No admittance to non-researchers. / Exclusive to researchers only.

• 他除母亲外没有别的亲人。

  His only close relative is his mother. / His mother is his only close relative.

• 除老年人外，它停止了对任何人的付款。

  It ceased payments to any but the aged

• 我们得到了除一个之外的其他所有网络的支持。

  We have support from all but one of the networks.

• 无疑，除谋杀外，还有多重罪孽侵扰着他的灵魂。

  [as prep.]no doubt he had many a sin on his soul, forbye murder.

• ６除５除不尽。

  Six into five won't go.

• 除２６人以外，他把中央委员会的其他成员都清除掉了。

  He purged all but 26 of the central committee members.

• 除她自己外没人需要知道

  No one needed to know save herself