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chú

HSK 6freq #2398

Meanings

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chú

1.to get rid of
2.to remove
3.to exclude
4.to eliminate
5.to wipe out
6.to divide
7.except
8.not including

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Wiktionary

1.to remove; to get rid of; to exclude
2.to be assigned to a new post; to stop serving in one post, and begin serving in another
3.except
4.to divide; division
5.to be divided by
6.to take off (clothes or accessories); to peel off; to strip
7.steps (on a flight of stairs)
8.a surname, Chu

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *l'a, *l'as): semantic 阜 + phonetic 余 (OC *la).

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Stroke order

Components

除阝余

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

Example sentences

湯姆應該要被開除。
Tom should be fired.
你曾經被開除過嗎?
Have you been fired?
他們全部都應該被開除。
They should all be fired.
湯姆什麼時候被開除的?
When was Tom fired?
除我以外每個人都在歌唱。
Everybody was singing except me.
有人告訴過我湯姆要被開除。
I've been told Tom is going to be fired.

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More examples & usage (AI)

Synonyms

免免除刷削削除去掉去除報銷报销屏除廓清打掉掃扫排解掃除扫除排除摒除撤撤除消消弭消解消釋消释消除淘汰清洗清除

Antonyms

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Related words

除了 apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他，除了他，谁也没来[chú le tā , shéi yě méi lái] "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語，除了英语，他也会法语[chú le Yīng yǔ , tā yě huì Fǎ yǔ] "in addition to English, he also knows French")除非 only if (..., or otherwise, ...)排除 to eliminate 消除 to eliminate 解除 to remove 切除 to excise 清除 to clear away 开除 to expel (a member of an organization)删除 to delete 拆除 to tear down 除去 to eliminate 去除 to remove