apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他，，谁也没来 "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語，，他也会法语 "in addition to English, he also knows French") · (used to introduce one of two habitual alternatives in the pattern 除了 + A + 就是 + B, "either A or B")

chú le

ch+ú·2nd tonel+e·neutral tone

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I go to the office by bicycle except on rainy days.

除了雨天，我都是骑车去上班的。

There was nothing but a desk in his room.

他的房间除了一张桌子，就甚么也没有了。

There was no one there besides me.

那儿除了我，一个人都没有。

Those old laws were all done away with.

那些旧法都被廢除了。

We have no choice but to go.

我们除了走之外没有其它選择。