除 chú

1. chú conjunction except; besides
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words , Concept: Exlusion 排除
   Notes: (Guoyu '除' conj; Kroll 2015 '除' 2a, p. 57; Unihan '除'; XHZD '除' 2)
2. chú verb to dispel; to eliminate; to remove; to get rid of
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 去掉; for example, the idiom 为民除害 'eliminate harm on behalf of the people' (Guoyu '除' v 1; Kroll 2015 '除' 2, p. 57; Unihan '除'; XHZD '除' 1)
3. chú verb to divide
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Mathematics
   Notes: (Guoyu '除' v 6; XHZD '除' 3)
4. chú verb to put in order
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '除' 3, p. 57)
5. chú verb to appoint to an official position
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '除' 4, p. 57)
6. chú noun door steps; stairs
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 台阶 (Guoyu '除' n 1; Kroll 2015 '除' 1, p. 57; XHZD '除' 4)
7. chú verb to replace an official
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '除' v 2)
8. chú verb to change; to replace
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 更易 or 更换 (Guoyu '除' v 3)
9. chú verb to renovate; to restore
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 整治 or 修治 (Guoyu '除' v 4)
10. chú noun division
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Mathematics
    Notes: In the sense of 除法 (Guoyu '除' n 2)

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• 扫除天下(掃除天下) to sweep away evil; to purge (the world of crime)
• 歼除(殲除) to eliminate
• 铲除(剷除) to root out; to eradicate; to sweep away; to abolish ; to remove
• 阑尾切除术(闌尾切除術) appendectomy
• 诛除(誅除) to wipe out; to exterminate
• 除不尽(除不盡) indivisible (math)
• 涤除(滌除) to wash away; to eliminate; to do away with
• 摒除 to expel; to dispel
• 除臭剂(除臭劑) deodorant
• 除旧更新(除舊更新) to replace the old with new
• 排除 to exclude; to rule out ; to drain away
• 除陌 a kind of tax in the Tang dynasty
• 革除 to eliminate; to cut out ; to expel; to mismiss
• 拚除 to reject; to abandon
• 除暴安良 to root out the strong and give people peace; to rob the rich and give to the poor
• 废除军备(廢除軍備) to disarm
• 断除(斷除) to eliminate
• 消除毒剂(消除毒劑) decontamination
• 减除(減除) to reduce; to lessen (pain etc); to deduct (from taxes)
• 剔除 to reject; to discard
• 除非 only if; only when; only in the case that
• 斩草除根(斬草除根) to eliminate completely at the source
• 除罪 to pardon
• 开除学籍(開除學籍) to expel from school
• 脱除(脫除) to get rid of
• 消除 to dispel; to eliminate; to remove
• 根除 to get rid of; to leave out
• 除号(除號) division sign
• 驱除鞑虏(驅除韃虜) expel the Manchu
• 除开(除開) besides; except; to get rid of; to divide
• 摈除(擯除) to discard; to get rid of; to dispense with
• 除外 to exclude; not including; except for
• 免除官僚主义(免除官僚主義) avoid bureaucracy
• 解除 to remove ; to protect from a disaster ; to reinstate
• 割除 to cut out
• 除以 divided by
• 词缀剥除(詞綴剝除) affix stripping; to determine the root of a word by removing prefix and suffix
• 除恶务尽(除惡務盡) to eradicate evil completely; thorough in rooting out wickedness
• 除邪 to guard against evil; to exorcise
• 废除(廢除) to abolish; to abrogate; to repeal
• 挖除 to dig out
• 消除对妇女一切形式歧视公约(消除對婦女一切形式歧視公約) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
• 除湿器(除濕器) dehumidifier
• 加减乘除(加減乘除) four rules of arithmetic; addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
• 小除夕 the day before New Year's Eve
• 消除歧义(消除歧義) to disambiguate
• 拔除 to pull out; to remove
• 除沾染 decontamination
• 攘除姦凶 expel the deceitful and fiendish

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消除锯齿 、 除错

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