除非

chú fēi

A2 Level 4* ★ Core word
Conjunction

Definition

  1. only if (..., or otherwise, ...)
  2. only when
  3. only in the case that
  4. unless

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Example

除非下雨,不然我們明天就去爬山。

Unless it rains, we'll go hiking tomorrow.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).