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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• 撤除 to remove; to eliminate
• 蠲除苛政 to alleviate oppressive administration
• 涤除(滌除) to wash away; to eliminate; to do away with
• 肿瘤切除术(腫瘤切除術) lumpectomy
• 除非 only if; only when; only in the case that
• 排除万难(排除萬難) eliminate a thousand difficulties
• 归除(歸除) long division; calculation on the abacus
• 蠲除 to reprieve; to avoid; to redeem
• 除了 except
• 开除学籍(開除學籍) to expel from school
• 攘除姦凶 expel the deceitful and fiendish
• 破除迷信 to eliminate superstition
• 除草 to weed
• 除陌钱(除陌錢) a kind of tax in the Tang dynasty
• 除灵(除靈) to expel spirits; to end the period of mourning
• 革除 to eliminate; to cut out ; to expel; to mismiss
• 除子 divisor
• 戒除 to quit
• 屏除 to get rid of; to dismiss; to brush aside
• 除霜 to defrost; defrosting
• 剪草除根 cut grass and pull out roots; to eradicate
• 开除党籍(開除黨籍) to expel from the Party
• 拭除 to wipe off
• 剔除 to reject; to discard
• 除夕 New Year's Eve
• 除沾染 decontamination
• 除冰 to defrost; to get rid of ice
• 加减乘除(加減乘除) four rules of arithmetic; addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
• 驱除鞑虏(驅除韃虜) expel the Manchu
• 破除 to do away with
• 拚除 to reject; to abandon
• 开除(開除) to expel; to fire; to dismiss ; to kill; to eliminate [a person] ; to spend
• 自由基清除剂(自由基清除劑) radical scavenger
• 歼除(殲除) to eliminate
• 乘除 multiplication and division; calculation ; increase and decrease ; to plan
• 除尘机(除塵機) dusting machine; dust filter
• 断除(斷除) to eliminate
• 除暴 to eliminate outlaws
• 除祟 to drive out devils and spirits exorcism
• 除邪 to guard against evil; to exorcise
• 除尘(除塵) to eliminate dust (i.e. filter out suspended particles)
• 扫除机(掃除機) mechanical sweeper
• 除净(除淨) to remove completely; to eliminate; to cleanse from
• 除草剂(除草劑) weed killer; herbicide
• 除灭(除滅) to eliminate
• 真除 permanent appointment to office
• 除外 to exclude; not including; except for
• 免除 to prevent; to avoid; to exempt; to remove; to depose; to sack
• 除开(除開) besides; except; to get rid of; to divide
• 扫除(掃除) to clean

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