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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• 排除 to exclude; to rule out ; to drain away
• 攘除姦凶 expel the deceitful and fiendish
• 除邪 to guard against evil; to exorcise
• 免除 to prevent; to avoid; to exempt; to remove; to depose; to sack
• 释除(釋除) to dispel (doubts)
• 开除(開除) to expel; to fire; to dismiss ; to kill; to eliminate [a person] ; to spend
• 拭除 to wipe off
• 归除(歸除) long division; calculation on the abacus
• 免除官僚主义(免除官僚主義) avoid bureaucracy
• 除尘(除塵) to eliminate dust (i.e. filter out suspended particles)
• 除去 to eliminate; to remove ; except for; apart from
• 粪除(糞除) to get rid of filth; to clean away excrement ; to cultivate oneself
• 攘除 to get rid of; to weed out; to reject
• 解除 to remove ; to protect from a disaster ; to reinstate
• 切除 to excise; to cut out (a tumor)
• 消除毒剂(消除毒劑) decontamination
• 小除夕 the day before New Year's Eve
• 除非 only if; only when; only in the case that
• 除灭(除滅) to eliminate
• 删除(刪除) to delete
• 斩草除根(斬草除根) to eliminate completely at the source
• 割除 to cut out
• 阶除(階除) courtyard steps
• 除旧布新(除舊布新) to get rid of the old to bring in the new; to innovate
• 根除 to get rid of; to leave out
• 撤除 to remove; to eliminate
• 剪除 to eradicate; to exterminate
• 断除(斷除) to eliminate
• 除灵(除靈) to expel spirits; to end the period of mourning
• 被除数(被除數) dividend
• 除以 divided by
• 除陌 a kind of tax in the Tang dynasty
• 摘除 to remove; to take out
• 除祟 to drive out devils and spirits exorcism
• 破除迷信 to eliminate superstition
• 除根 to root out; to eliminate the roots; to cure once and for all
• 扣除 to deduct
• 除另有约定(除另有約定) unless otherwise agreed
• 除此之外 apart from this; except; besides
• 驱除(驅除) to drive off; to dispel; to expel
• 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
• 削除 to remove; to eliminate; to delete
• 兴利除弊(興利除弊) to promote what is useful and get rid of what is harmful
• 三下五除二 three, set five remove two (abacus rule); efficiently; quickly and easily
• 除沾染 decontamination
• 除号(除號) division sign

Also contained in

除疑 、 消除锯齿 、 除女 、 忏除 、 除错

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