Chinese symbol for “exclude”
除外
chú wài
to exclude; not including sth (when counting or listing); except for
The closest CC-CEDICT match for exclude is 除外 (chú wài), defined as: to exclude; not including sth (when counting or listing); except for.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “exclude”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 除 | chú | to get rid of; to remove |
| 排 | pái | to arrange in order; to line up; to exclude; to eliminate; to repel; to expel; to discharge |
| 排除 | pái chú | to eliminate; to remove |
| 排斥 | pái chì | to reject; to exclude |
| 去掉 | qù diào | to get rid of; to exclude |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 除外.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 除了 | chú le | 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 ca |
| 废除 (廢除) | fèi chú | to abolish; to abrogate |
| 删除 (刪除) | shān chú | to delete; to cancel |
| 解除 | jiě chú | to remove; to sack |
| 除非 | chú fēi | only if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when |
| 消除 | xiāo chú | to eliminate; to remove |
| 另外 | lìng wài | additional; in addition |
| 此外 | cǐ wài | besides; in addition; moreover; furthermore |
See also: Japanese symbol for “exclude”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.