除非

Pinyin: chúfēi

only if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when; only in the case that; unless

🏮 Chinese HSK 6 conjunction

Example sentence

除非我死了!

Chúfēi wǒ sǐ le!

Over my dead body.

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What 除非 means

除非 (chúfēi) is an Chinese word meaning “only if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when; only in the case that; unless”. It appears in the HSK 6 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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