以外

Pinyin: yǐwài

apart from; other than; except for; external

Example sentence

除了我以外,大家都很忙。

Chúle wǒ yǐwài, dàjiā dōu hěn máng.

Everybody is busy except me.

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What 以外 means

以外 (yǐwài) is an Chinese word meaning “apart from; other than; except for; external”. It appears in the HSK 3 collection.

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Words and levels: HSK Examination Syllabus (2025), Center for Language Education and Cooperation · meanings: CC-CEDICT · example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) · Dictionary-derived data: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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