apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他，誰也沒來|除了他，谁也没来[chu2 le5 ta1 , shei2 ye3 mei2 lai2] "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語，他也會法語|除了英语，他也会法语[chu2 le5 Ying1 yu3 , ta1 ye3 hui4 Fa3 yu3] "in addition to English, he also knows French") · (used to introduce one of two habitual alternatives in the pattern 除了[chu2 le5]{ceoi4 liu5} + A + 就是[jiu4 shi4]{zau6 si6} + B, "either A or B")
Meanings
1apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他，誰也沒來|除了他，谁也没来[chu2 le5 ta1 , shei2 ye3 mei2 lai2] "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語，他也會法語|除了英语，他也会法语[chu2 le5 Ying1 yu3 , ta1 ye3 hui4 Fa3 yu3] "in addition to English, he also knows French")
2(used to introduce one of two habitual alternatives in the pattern 除了[chu2 le5]{ceoi4 liu5} + A + 就是[jiu4 shi4]{zau6 si6} + B, "either A or B")