What does 除 (chú | chu2) mean in Chinese?

The Chinese word

那些舊法都被廢除了。
na4 xie1 jiu4 fa3 du1 bei4 fei4 chu2 liao3.
Those old laws were all done away with.

美國廢除了奴隸制度。
mei3 guo2 fei4 chu2 liao3 nu2 li4 zhi4 du4.
America did away with slavery.

除了我以外，大家都很忙。
chu2 liao3 wo3 yi3 wai4, da4 jia1 du1 hen3 mang2.
Everybody is busy except me.

除非雨停了，我们才会出去。
chú fēi yǔ tíng liǎo, wǒ mén cái huì chū qù.
We won't go out unless it stops raining.

这儿除了我，一个人也没有。
zhe4 er2 chu2 liao3 wo3, yi1 ge4 ren2 ye3 mei2 you3.
Except for me, there wasn't a single person there.

除了我，每个人都受到了邀请。
chu2 liao3 wo3, mei3 ge4 ren2 du1 shou4 dao4 liao3 yao1 qing3.
Everyone except me was invited.

除了雨天，我都是骑车去上班的。
chú liǎo yǔ tiān, wǒ dū shì qí chē qù shàng bān de.
I go to the office by bicycle except on rainy days. | Apart from on rainy days, I always ride my bike to work.

死刑在美国的很多州都被废除了。
sǐ xíng zài měi guó de hěn duō zhōu dū bèi fèi chú liǎo.
The death penalty had been done away with in many states in the USA.

美國在一八六三年廢除了奴隸制度。
mei3 guo2 zai4 yi1 ba1 liu4 san1 nian2 fei4 chu2 liao3 nu2 li4 zhi4 du4.
America did away with slavery in 1863.

你们除了信任对方，没什么要做的了。
ni3 men2 chu2 liao3 xin4 ren4 dui4 fang1, mei2 shen2 me yao4 zuo4 de liao3.
All you can do is trust one another.

恐怕我們不能排除她患了病的可能性。
kong3 pa4 wo3 men2 bu4 neng2 pai2 chu2 ta1 huan4 liao3 bing4 de ke3 neng2 xing4.
I'm afraid we can't rule out the possibility that she may have the disease.

你可以刪除「需要母語確認」的標簽。
ni3 ke3 yi3 shan1 chu2 「 xu1 yao4 mu3 yu3 que4 ren4 」 de biao1 qian1.
You can remove the NNC.

除了下雨天以外，他每天都會走路上班。
chu2 liao3 xia4 yu3 tian1 yi3 wai4, ta1 mei3 tian1 du1 hui4 zou3 lu4 shang4 ban1.
He goes to work on foot every day except on rainy days.

房間除了一張破舊的床以外，就甚麼也沒有了。
fang2 jian1 chu2 liao3 yi1 zhang1 po4 jiu4 de chuang2 yi3 wai4, jiu4 shen4 me ye3 mei2 you3 liao3.
The room was empty except for a shabby bed.

除了那些我们尝试过的政府形态，民主是最差的那种了。
chu2 liao3 na4 xie1 wo3 men2 chang2 shi4 guo4 de zheng4 fu3 xing2 tai4, min2 zhu3 shi4 zui4 cha4 de na4 zhong3 liao3.
Democracy is the worst form of government, except all the others that have been tried.

極目遠望，除了一大片小麥田以外，就甚麼也看不見了。
ji2 mu4 yuan3 wang4, chu2 liao3 yi1 da4 pian4 xiao3 mai4 tian2 yi3 wai4, jiu4 shen4 me ye3 kan4 bu4 jian4 liao3.
As far as the eye could see, nothing could be seen except cornfields.

下个礼拜除了星期一星期三有事，我其他日子都有空在那儿。
xia4 ge4 li3 bai4 chu2 liao3 xing1 qi1 yi1 xing1 qi1 san1 you3 shi4, wo3 qi2 ta1 ri4 zi3 du1 you3 kong1 zai4 na4 er2.
Next week I have things to do except on Monday and Wednesday, I am free on all the other days though.

这次大选创造了多项第一，也诞生了很多将世代流传的故事。但是今天晚上令我难忘的却是在亚特兰大投票的一名妇女：安-尼克松-库波尔。她和其他数百万排队等待投票的选民没有什么差别，除了一点：她已是106岁的高龄。
zhe4 ci4 da4 xuan3 chuang4 zao4 liao3 duo1 xiang4 di4 yi1, ye3 dan4 sheng1 liao3 hen3 duo1 jiang1 shi4 dai4 liu2 chuan2 de gu4 shi4.dan4 shi4 jin1 tian1 wan3 shang4 ling2 wo3 nan2 wang4 de que4 shi4 zai4 ya4 te4 lan2 da4 tou2 piao4 de yi1 ming2 fu4 nv3 ： an1 - ni2 ke4 song1 - ku4 bo1 er3.ta1 he2 qi2 ta1 shu4 bai3 wan4 pai2 dui4 deng3 dai4 tou2 piao4 de xuan3 min2 mei2 you3 shen2 me cha4 bie2, chu2 liao3 yi1 dian3 ： ta1 yi3 shi4 106 sui4 de gao1 ling2.
This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations. But one that's on my mind tonight is about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta. She's a lot like the millions of others who stood in line to make their voice heard in this election, except for one thing: Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old.

評論員對巫巫茲拉的聲音作出了各種各樣的描述：除了「煩人」、「像魔鬼一般」之外，還把它比作「一群嘈吵的大象」、「一群嗡嗡狂叫的蝗蟲」、「一隻準備給屠宰的山羊」、「一個裝滿發狂的蜜蜂的巨大蜂巢」、「一隻吃了搖頭丸的鴨子」等等。
ping2 lun4 yuan2 dui4 wu1 wu1 zi1 la1 de sheng1 yin1 zuo4 chu1 liao3 ge4 zhong3 ge4 yang4 de miao2 shu4 ： chu2 liao3 「 fan2 ren2 」、「 xiang4 mo2 gui3 yi1 ban1 」 zhi1 wai4, huan2 ba3 ta1 bi3 zuo4 「 yi1 qun2 cao2 chao3 de da4 xiang4 」、「 yi1 qun2 weng1 weng1 kuang2 jiao4 de huang2 chong2 」、「 yi1 zhi1 zhun3 bei4 gei3 tu2 zai3 de shan1 yang2 」、「 yi1 ge4 zhuang1 man3 fa1 kuang2 de mi4 feng1 de ju4 da4 feng1 chao2 」、「 yi1 zhi1 chi1 liao3 yao2 tou2 wan2 de ya1 zi3 」 deng3 deng3.
Commentators have variously described the sound of vuvuzelas as "annoying" and "satanic" and compared it with "a stampede of noisy elephants", "a deafening swarm of locusts", "a goat on the way to slaughter", "a giant hive full of very angry bees", and "a duck on speed".

	The Chinese word
	除
	is pronounced
	chú \| chu2
	means
	remove, do away with, wipe out, divide, except

	Examples:
	那些舊法都被廢除了。 na4 xie1 jiu4 fa3 du1 bei4 fei4 chu2 liao3. Those old laws were all done away with.
	美國廢除了奴隸制度。 mei3 guo2 fei4 chu2 liao3 nu2 li4 zhi4 du4. America did away with slavery.
	除了我以外，大家都很忙。 chu2 liao3 wo3 yi3 wai4, da4 jia1 du1 hen3 mang2. Everybody is busy except me.
	除非雨停了，我们才会出去。 chú fēi yǔ tíng liǎo, wǒ mén cái huì chū qù. We won't go out unless it stops raining.
	这儿除了我，一个人也没有。 zhe4 er2 chu2 liao3 wo3, yi1 ge4 ren2 ye3 mei2 you3. Except for me, there wasn't a single person there.
	除了我，每个人都受到了邀请。 chu2 liao3 wo3, mei3 ge4 ren2 du1 shou4 dao4 liao3 yao1 qing3. Everyone except me was invited.
	除了雨天，我都是骑车去上班的。 chú liǎo yǔ tiān, wǒ dū shì qí chē qù shàng bān de. I go to the office by bicycle except on rainy days. \| Apart from on rainy days, I always ride my bike to work.
	死刑在美国的很多州都被废除了。 sǐ xíng zài měi guó de hěn duō zhōu dū bèi fèi chú liǎo. The death penalty had been done away with in many states in the USA.
	美國在一八六三年廢除了奴隸制度。 mei3 guo2 zai4 yi1 ba1 liu4 san1 nian2 fei4 chu2 liao3 nu2 li4 zhi4 du4. America did away with slavery in 1863.
	你们除了信任对方，没什么要做的了。 ni3 men2 chu2 liao3 xin4 ren4 dui4 fang1, mei2 shen2 me yao4 zuo4 de liao3. All you can do is trust one another.
	恐怕我們不能排除她患了病的可能性。 kong3 pa4 wo3 men2 bu4 neng2 pai2 chu2 ta1 huan4 liao3 bing4 de ke3 neng2 xing4. I'm afraid we can't rule out the possibility that she may have the disease.
	你可以刪除「需要母語確認」的標簽。 ni3 ke3 yi3 shan1 chu2 「 xu1 yao4 mu3 yu3 que4 ren4 」 de biao1 qian1. You can remove the NNC.
	除了下雨天以外，他每天都會走路上班。 chu2 liao3 xia4 yu3 tian1 yi3 wai4, ta1 mei3 tian1 du1 hui4 zou3 lu4 shang4 ban1. He goes to work on foot every day except on rainy days.
	房間除了一張破舊的床以外，就甚麼也沒有了。 fang2 jian1 chu2 liao3 yi1 zhang1 po4 jiu4 de chuang2 yi3 wai4, jiu4 shen4 me ye3 mei2 you3 liao3. The room was empty except for a shabby bed.
	除了那些我们尝试过的政府形态，民主是最差的那种了。 chu2 liao3 na4 xie1 wo3 men2 chang2 shi4 guo4 de zheng4 fu3 xing2 tai4, min2 zhu3 shi4 zui4 cha4 de na4 zhong3 liao3. Democracy is the worst form of government, except all the others that have been tried.
	極目遠望，除了一大片小麥田以外，就甚麼也看不見了。 ji2 mu4 yuan3 wang4, chu2 liao3 yi1 da4 pian4 xiao3 mai4 tian2 yi3 wai4, jiu4 shen4 me ye3 kan4 bu4 jian4 liao3. As far as the eye could see, nothing could be seen except cornfields.
	下个礼拜除了星期一星期三有事，我其他日子都有空在那儿。 xia4 ge4 li3 bai4 chu2 liao3 xing1 qi1 yi1 xing1 qi1 san1 you3 shi4, wo3 qi2 ta1 ri4 zi3 du1 you3 kong1 zai4 na4 er2. Next week I have things to do except on Monday and Wednesday, I am free on all the other days though.
	这次大选创造了多项第一，也诞生了很多将世代流传的故事。但是今天晚上令我难忘的却是在亚特兰大投票的一名妇女：安-尼克松-库波尔。她和其他数百万排队等待投票的选民没有什么差别，除了一点：她已是106岁的高龄。 zhe4 ci4 da4 xuan3 chuang4 zao4 liao3 duo1 xiang4 di4 yi1, ye3 dan4 sheng1 liao3 hen3 duo1 jiang1 shi4 dai4 liu2 chuan2 de gu4 shi4.dan4 shi4 jin1 tian1 wan3 shang4 ling2 wo3 nan2 wang4 de que4 shi4 zai4 ya4 te4 lan2 da4 tou2 piao4 de yi1 ming2 fu4 nv3 ： an1 - ni2 ke4 song1 - ku4 bo1 er3.ta1 he2 qi2 ta1 shu4 bai3 wan4 pai2 dui4 deng3 dai4 tou2 piao4 de xuan3 min2 mei2 you3 shen2 me cha4 bie2, chu2 liao3 yi1 dian3 ： ta1 yi3 shi4 106 sui4 de gao1 ling2. This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations. But one that's on my mind tonight is about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta. She's a lot like the millions of others who stood in line to make their voice heard in this election, except for one thing: Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old.
	評論員對巫巫茲拉的聲音作出了各種各樣的描述：除了「煩人」、「像魔鬼一般」之外，還把它比作「一群嘈吵的大象」、「一群嗡嗡狂叫的蝗蟲」、「一隻準備給屠宰的山羊」、「一個裝滿發狂的蜜蜂的巨大蜂巢」、「一隻吃了搖頭丸的鴨子」等等。 ping2 lun4 yuan2 dui4 wu1 wu1 zi1 la1 de sheng1 yin1 zuo4 chu1 liao3 ge4 zhong3 ge4 yang4 de miao2 shu4 ： chu2 liao3 「 fan2 ren2 」、「 xiang4 mo2 gui3 yi1 ban1 」 zhi1 wai4, huan2 ba3 ta1 bi3 zuo4 「 yi1 qun2 cao2 chao3 de da4 xiang4 」、「 yi1 qun2 weng1 weng1 kuang2 jiao4 de huang2 chong2 」、「 yi1 zhi1 zhun3 bei4 gei3 tu2 zai3 de shan1 yang2 」、「 yi1 ge4 zhuang1 man3 fa1 kuang2 de mi4 feng1 de ju4 da4 feng1 chao2 」、「 yi1 zhi1 chi1 liao3 yao2 tou2 wan2 de ya1 zi3 」 deng3 deng3. Commentators have variously described the sound of vuvuzelas as "annoying" and "satanic" and compared it with "a stampede of noisy elephants", "a deafening swarm of locusts", "a goat on the way to slaughter", "a giant hive full of very angry bees", and "a duck on speed".

	Examples sourced from tatoeba.org