除ceoi4了liu5

English

1. apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他，誰也沒來|除了他，谁也没来[chu2 le5 ta1 , shei2 ye3 mei2 lai2] "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語，他也會法語|除了英语，他也会法语[chu2 le5 Ying1 yu3 , ta1 ye3 hui4 Fa3 yu3] "in addition to English, he also knows French")
2. equivalent to 除咗
3. (used to introduce one of two habitual alternatives in the pattern 除了[chu2 le5] + A + 就是[jiu4 shi4] + B, "either A or B")

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 即係除咗

Examples

• 除咗你，仲有邊個知？

  除了你，還有誰知道？ (ceoi4 liu5 nei5, waan4 jau5 seoi4 zi1 dou3?)

  Besides you, who else knows it?

• 他們解除了婚約。

  They called off their engagement.

  Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

• 她给花园除了草。

  She weeded the garden.

  Tatoeba · User5120 CC BY

• 他被學校開除了。

  The school expelled him.

  Tatoeba · cienias CC BY

• 除了我没有人離開。

  I was the only one to leave.

  Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

• 海啸的警报解除了。

  The tsunami alert was cancelled.

  Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

• 除了瑪麗沒有人來。

  No one came except Mary.

  Tatoeba · Martha CC BY