除 chú
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- Made of
- 阝 place, town, city 余 surplus, remainder
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
除非
chúfēi
unless; only if
Characters in this word
非 fēi
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 非 — not, negative, non-
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 除非你来。 Chú fēi nǐ lái. Only if you come.
- 除非下雨。 Chú fēi xià yǔ. Unless it rains.
- 除非他同意。 Chú fēi tā tóng yì. Only if he agrees.
Related words
- 除了 chúle except; besides
- 拆除 chāichú to demolish; to remove
- 除夕 chúxī Chinese New Year's Eve
- 解除 jiěchú to remove; to cancel
- 排除 páichú to rule out; to remove
- 消除 xiāochú to remove; to get rid of
- 非常 fēicháng very, extremely
- 非 fēi must (emphatic)
- 或是 huòshì or
- 尽管 jǐnguǎn feel free to
- 一旦 yídàn once; as soon as
- 即使 jíshǐ even if