- apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他,除了他,谁也没来【chú le tā , shéi yě méi lái】 "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語,除了英语,他也会法语【chú le Yīng yǔ , tā yě huì Fǎ yǔ】 "in addition to English, he also knows French")
- (used to introduce one of two habitual alternatives in the pattern 除了【chú le】 + A + 就是【jiù shì】 + B, "either A or B")