粵

之zi1外ngoi6

zi1 ngoi6zhī wài

English

  1. outside
  2. (succeeding nouns or classifiers) other than; besides; beyond
  3. excluding

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 喺名詞、量詞後面表示佢哋唔屬於嘅範圍、範疇

Examples

  • 千里之外

    beyond a thousand miles

  • 我除咗洋葱之外咩都食。

    I can eat anything but onions.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 除咗月薪之外,仲有醫療津貼。

    There is a medical allowance besides the monthly salary.

  • 除咗你之外,我唔再愛其他人。

    I can't love anyone but you.

    Tatoeba · Riko CC BY

  • 你除咗鋼琴之外仲有冇玩第啲樂器呀?

    Do you play any instruments other than the piano?

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 佢除咗英文之外,仲識講法文同日文𠻹。

    Besides English, he also knows how to speak French and Japanese.

  • 民主係最差嘅政治制度,除咗其他嘗試過嘅之外。

    Democracy is the worst form of government, except all the others that have been tried.

    Tatoeba · kaenif CC BY

  • 呢到除咗阿Tom之外仲有好多人唱歌唱得好好聽。

    Tom isn't the only one here who's a good singer.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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