chúle zǎocānquàn yǐwài, fángkǎ yě zài zhèlǐ.

In this sentence, 除了……以外 means besides / apart from / in addition to.

So:

• 除了早餐券以外，房卡也在这里。
• Besides the breakfast voucher, the room card is also here.

A very important point: 除了……以外 can sometimes mean either:

1. besides / in addition to, or
2. except for

Here, because the sentence also has 也 (also), the meaning is clearly the “besides / in addition to” one.

也 means also / too.

It matches the 除了……以外 structure very naturally:

• 除了 A 以外，B 也……
• Besides A, B also...

So in this sentence:

• 除了早餐券以外，房卡也在这里。
• Besides the breakfast voucher, the room card is also here.

Without 也, the sentence would sound less natural for this meaning, because 也 helps show that 房卡 is an additional item.

Yes, you often can.

• 除了早餐券，房卡也在这里。
• 除了早餐券以外，房卡也在这里。

Both are understandable and natural.
Adding 以外 makes the structure feel a bit more complete or slightly more formal.

In everyday speech, people often shorten it and leave out 以外 when the meaning is already clear.

Because Mandarin normally uses 在 to show where something is located.

• 房卡在这里 = The room card is here
• not 房卡是这里

Think of 在 as the verb meaning to be at / to be located at.

So:

• 房卡在这里。 = The room card is here.
• 早餐券也在这里。 = The breakfast voucher is also here.

是 is usually used for identification, not location:

• 这是房卡。 = This is the room card.
• 房卡在这里。 = The room card is here.

Mandarin often puts the “besides X” part at the beginning to set up the topic or frame of the sentence.

Structure:

• 除了 A 以外，B 也 + verb/description

Here:

• A = 早餐券
• B = 房卡

So the sentence literally works like:

• Apart from the breakfast voucher, the room card also is here.

This is a very common Mandarin pattern.

Not very likely in this exact sentence.

That is because 也 strongly points to an additive meaning:

• Besides the breakfast voucher, the room card is also here.

If you wanted an exception meaning, the sentence would usually be built differently, often without 也, and the context would make it clear.

So for learners, a useful shortcut is:

• 除了……也…… usually = besides / in addition to
• 除了……都/全/没有…… often = except for

早餐券 means breakfast voucher / breakfast coupon.

It is a compound noun:

• 早餐 = breakfast
• 券 = voucher, coupon, ticket-like slip

So 早餐券 is something like the coupon or voucher you use to get breakfast, often in a hotel.

房卡 means room card, usually a hotel key card.

It is made of:

• 房 = room
• 卡 = card

So this is the card used to open the room.

Mandarin nouns usually do not mark singular vs. plural the way English does.

So 早餐券 could mean:

• the breakfast voucher
• breakfast vouchers

You figure it out from context.

In a hotel situation, it might be one voucher or more than one. The Chinese wording itself does not force a singular/plural distinction.

The same is true for 房卡, though in context it often means the room card.

The comma separates the opening phrase from the main statement.

• 除了早餐券以外， = Besides the breakfast voucher,
• 房卡也在这里。 = the room card is also here.

This is very normal in written Chinese when a sentence starts with a framing phrase like this.

In speech, you would usually pause slightly there.

Yes, in spoken Mandarin, often yes.

• 这里 and 这儿 both mean here

So you could hear:

• 除了早餐券以外，房卡也在这儿。

Differences:

• 这里 sounds a bit more standard and neutral
• 这儿 is very common in northern speech and casual conversation

Both are correct.

They are completely different words.

• 除了 = besides / except for
• 除非 = unless

So in this sentence, only 除了 makes sense:

• 除了早餐券以外，房卡也在这里。

You cannot use 除非 here.

Not in this sentence.

Because 早餐券 and 房卡 are being mentioned as nouns directly, no measure word is needed.

You would use a measure word only in phrases like:

• 一张早餐券 = one breakfast voucher
• 一张房卡 = one room card

Here, the sentence is simply talking about the items themselves, so bare nouns are fine.

It is fairly neutral.

• 除了……以外 sounds standard and natural
• 这里 is also neutral
• the whole sentence would fit well in everyday conversation, especially in a hotel setting

If you wanted a slightly more casual version, you might hear:

• 除了早餐券，房卡也在这儿。

But the original sentence is perfectly normal and natural.

The pinyin is:

• 除了 = chúle
• 以外 = yǐwài

A few helpful notes:

• 除 is second tone: chú
• 了 here is the light tone: le
• 以 is third tone: yǐ
• 外 is fourth tone: wài

So the rhythm is roughly:

• chúle zǎocānquàn yǐwài, fángkǎ yě zài zhèlǐ

Also note:

• 这里 = zhèlǐ
• 也 = yě (third tone)

Usually 也 goes before the verb or phrase it modifies.

So this is natural:

• 房卡也在这里。

That means the room card is also here.

You generally would not say:

• 房卡在这里也。 ✘

That sounds wrong in Mandarin.

A good basic rule is:

• Subject + 也
  • verb/description

So:

• 房卡也在这里
• 他也来了
• 我也想去