Min Nan

Alternative forms

• (Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Tainan) tî-liáu...í-gōa

Preposition

tû-liáu...í-gōa ‎(POJ, traditional and simplified 除了...以外)

1. except for

   彼款的光景是除了春天以外，其他的時陣所看未著 (trad.)

    

   彼款的光景是除了春天以外，其他的时阵所看未着 (simp.)

   Hit-khóan ê kong-kéng sī tû-liáu chhun-thiⁿ í-gōa, kî-thaⁿ ê sî-chūn só͘ khòaⁿ bē tio̍h

   Except for spring, that kind of scene is something that cannot be seen at other times

2. besides; in addition to

   除了語言以外，應該還仔有其他親像的特質　(trad.)

    

   除了语言以外，应该还仔有其他亲像的特质　(simp.)

   Tî-liáu gí-giân í-gōa, èng-kai oân-á ū kî-thaⁿ chhin-chhiūⁿ ê te̍k-chit

   In addition to languages, there should still be other similar distinguishing characteristics

Usage notes

This is a common sentence pattern in Min Nan.

References

• “除了”, in Min Nan, accessed 2009-09-20
• Talk:Tâi-oân goân-chū-bîn on the Min Nan Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nan