除非 chú fēi ㄔㄨˊ ㄈㄟ ceoi4 fei1 HSK 5 高階級 · Level 4
- only if (..., or otherwise, ...)
- only when
- only in the case that
- unless
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除
- 免除 miǎn chú ㄇㄧㄢˇ ㄔㄨˊ min5 ceoi4 to prevent
- 切除 qiē chú ㄑㄧㄝ ㄔㄨˊ cit3 ceoi4 to excise
- 删除 刪除 shān chú ㄕㄢ ㄔㄨˊ saan1 ceoi4 to delete
- 剔除 tī chú ㄊㄧ ㄔㄨˊ tik1 ceoi4 to reject
- 去除 qù chú ㄑㄩˋ ㄔㄨˊ heoi3 ceoi4 to remove
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- 废除 廢除 fèi chú ㄈㄟˋ ㄔㄨˊ fai3 ceoi4 to abolish
- 扣除 kòu chú ㄎㄡˋ ㄔㄨˊ kau3 ceoi4 to deduct
- 拆除 chāi chú ㄔㄞ ㄔㄨˊ caak3 ceoi4 to tear down
- 扫除 掃除 sǎo chú ㄙㄠˇ ㄔㄨˊ sou3 ceoi4 to clean; to clean up
- 排除 pái chú ㄆㄞˊ ㄔㄨˊ paai4 ceoi4 to eliminate
- 消除 xiāo chú ㄒㄧㄠ ㄔㄨˊ siu1 ceoi4 to eliminate
- 清除 qīng chú ㄑㄧㄥ ㄔㄨˊ cing1 ceoi4 to clear away
- 破除 pò chú ㄆㄛˋ ㄔㄨˊ po3 ceoi4 to eliminate
- 解除 jiě chú ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄔㄨˊ gaai2 ceoi4 to remove
- 开除 開除 kāi chú ㄎㄞ ㄔㄨˊ hoi1 ceoi4 to expel (a member of an organization)
- 除了 chú le ㄔㄨˊ ˙ㄌㄜ ceoi4 liu5 apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他，除了他，谁也没来 "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語，除了英语，他也会法语 "in addition to English, he also knows French")
- 除去 chú qù ㄔㄨˊ ㄑㄩˋ ceoi4 heoi3 to eliminate
- 除夕 Chú xī ㄔㄨˊ ㄒㄧ ceoi4 zik6 lunar New Year's Eve
- 除外 chú wài ㄔㄨˊ ㄨㄞˋ ceoi4 ngoi6 to exclude
- 斩草除根 斬草除根 zhǎn cǎo chú gēn ㄓㄢˇ ㄘㄠˇ ㄔㄨˊ ㄍㄣ zaam2 cou2 ceoi4 gan1 to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch
非
- 并非 並非 bìng fēi ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄈㄟ bing6 fei1 really isn't
- 是非 shì fēi ㄕˋ ㄈㄟ si6 fei1 right and wrong
- 无非 無非 wú fēi ㄨˊ ㄈㄟ mou4 fei1 only
- 莫非 mò fēi ㄇㄛˋ ㄈㄟ mok6 fei1 can it be possible that
- 非凡 fēi fán ㄈㄟ ㄈㄢˊ fei1 faan4 out of the ordinary
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- 非常 fēi cháng ㄈㄟ ㄔㄤˊ fei1 soeng4 very; really
- 非得 fēi děi ㄈㄟ ㄉㄟˇ fei1 dak1 (followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可, or 不行 etc) must
- 非法 fēi fǎ ㄈㄟ ㄈㄚˇ fei1 faat3 illegal
- 非洲 Fēi zhōu ㄈㄟ ㄓㄡ fei1 zau1 Africa
- 似是而非 sì shì ér fēi ㄙˋ ㄕˋ ㄦˊ ㄈㄟ ci5 si6 ji4 fei1 apparently right but actually wrong; specious (idiom)
- 无可厚非 無可厚非 wú kě hòu fēi ㄨˊ ㄎㄜˇ ㄏㄡˋ ㄈㄟ mou4 ho2 hau5 fei1 see 未可厚非
- 面目全非 miàn mù quán fēi ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄨˋ ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄈㄟ min6 muk6 cyun4 fei1 nothing remains the same (idiom); change beyond recognition
- 中非 Zhōng Fēi ㄓㄨㄥ ㄈㄟ zung1 fei1 China-Africa
- 中非 Zhōng fēi ㄓㄨㄥ ㄈㄟ zung1 fei1 Central Africa
- 北非 Běi Fēi ㄅㄟˇ ㄈㄟ bak1 fei1 North Africa
- 南非 Nán fēi ㄋㄢˊ ㄈㄟ naam4 fei1 South Africa
- 单非 單非 dān fēi ㄉㄢ ㄈㄟ daan1 fei1 a couple in which one of the spouses is not a Hong Kong citizen
- 官非 guān fēi ㄍㄨㄢ ㄈㄟ gun1 fei1 lawsuit (from Cantonese)
- 东非 東非 Dōng fēi ㄉㄨㄥ ㄈㄟ dung1 fei1 East Africa
- 绝非 絕非 jué fēi ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄈㄟ zyut6 fei1 absolutely not
Idioms with these characters
- 除暴安良 chú bào ān liáng ㄔㄨˊ ㄅㄠˋ ㄢ ㄌㄧㄤˊ ceoi4 bou6 on1 loeng4 to root out the strong and give people peace (idiom); to rob the rich and give to the poor
- 除恶务尽 除惡務盡 chú è wù jìn ㄔㄨˊ ㄜˋ ㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ceoi4 ok3 mou6 zeon6 to eradicate evil completely (idiom); thorough in rooting out wickedness
- 除旧布新 除舊布新 chú jiù bù xīn ㄔㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄣ ceoi4 gau6 bou3 san1 to get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
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- 除旧更新 除舊更新 chú jiù gēng xīn ㄔㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄍㄥ ㄒㄧㄣ ceoi4 gau6 gang1 san1 to replace the old with new (idiom)
- 加减乘除 加減乘除 jiā jiǎn chéng chú ㄐㄧㄚ ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄔㄥˊ ㄔㄨˊ gaa1 gaam2 sing4 ceoi4 (idiom) addition, subtraction, multiplication and division: the four basic operations of arithmetic
- 剪草除根 jiǎn cǎo chú gēn ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄘㄠˇ ㄔㄨˊ ㄍㄣ zin2 cou2 ceoi4 gan1 lit. cut grass and pull out roots (idiom); fig. to destroy root and branch
- 破除迷信 pò chú mí xìn ㄆㄛˋ ㄔㄨˊ ㄇㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄣˋ po3 ceoi4 mai4 seon3 to eliminate superstition (idiom)
- 扫除天下 掃除天下 sǎo chú tiān xià ㄙㄠˇ ㄔㄨˊ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ sou3 ceoi4 tin1 haa6 (idiom) to re-establish order throughout the empire
- 为民除害 為民除害 wèi mín chú hài ㄨㄟˋ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄔㄨˊ ㄏㄞˋ wai6 man4 ceoi4 hoi6 (idiom) to rid the people of a scourge
- 兴利除弊 興利除弊 xīng lì chú bì ㄒㄧㄥ ㄌㄧˋ ㄔㄨˊ ㄅㄧˋ hing1 lei6 ceoi4 bai6 to promote what is useful and get rid of what is harmful (idiom)
- 搬弄是非 bān nòng shì fēi ㄅㄢ ㄋㄨㄥˋ ㄕˋ ㄈㄟ bun1 lung6 si6 fei1 to incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people
- 答非所问 答非所問 dá fēi suǒ wèn ㄉㄚˊ ㄈㄟ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄨㄣˋ daap3 fei1 so2 man6 (idiom) to sidestep the question
- 颠倒是非 顛倒是非 diān dǎo shì fēi ㄉㄧㄢ ㄉㄠˇ ㄕˋ ㄈㄟ din1 dou2 si6 fei1 (idiom) to distort right and wrong; to deliberately mislead
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- 非你莫属 非你莫屬 fēi nǐ mò shǔ ㄈㄟ ㄋㄧˇ ㄇㄛˋ ㄕㄨˇ fei1 nei5 mok6 suk6 it's yours exclusively (idiom)
- 非亲非故 非親非故 fēi qīn fēi gù ㄈㄟ ㄑㄧㄣ ㄈㄟ ㄍㄨˋ fei1 can1 fei1 gu3 lit. neither a relative nor a friend (idiom)
- 非同寻常 非同尋常 fēi tóng xún cháng ㄈㄟ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄔㄤˊ fei1 tung4 cam4 soeng4 (idiom) extraordinary
- 非异人任 非異人任 fēi yì rén rèn ㄈㄟ ㄧˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄖㄣˋ fei1 ji6 jan4 jam6 to bear one's own responsibilities and not pass them to others (idiom)
- 混淆是非 hùn xiáo shì fēi ㄏㄨㄣˋ ㄒㄧㄠˊ ㄕˋ ㄈㄟ wan6 ngaau4 si6 fei1 to confuse right and wrong (idiom)
- 胡作非为 胡作非為 hú zuò fēi wéi ㄏㄨˊ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄟ ㄨㄟˊ wu4 zok3 fei1 wai4 to run amok (idiom); to commit outrages
- 积非成是 積非成是 jī fēi chéng shì ㄐㄧ ㄈㄟ ㄔㄥˊ ㄕˋ zik1 fei1 sing4 si6 a wrong repeated becomes right (idiom); a lie or an error passed on for a long time may be taken for the truth
Example sentences
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除非 我 死 了 ！
Over my dead body.
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除非 雨 停 了 ， 我们 我們 才 会 會 出去 。
We won't go out unless it stops raining.
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除非 我 问 問 你 ， 请 請 你 不要 说话 說話 。
Don't speak till spoken to.
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除非 有人 跟 他 说话 說話 ， 他 不 说话 說話 。
He did not speak unless spoken to.
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除非 你 去 做 ， 否则 否則 你 永远 永遠 不知 道 。
You'll never know unless you try.
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