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也

yě

HSK 2 Character

What 也 means

1. also; too; as well; (not ...) either
2. (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X)
3. literaryparticle having functions similar to {啊|a}

Other readings

也 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Yěsurname Ye

Example sentences

• 谬也。
  Wrong.
• 我也能去
  Wǒ yě néng qù
  I can come, too.
• 我也是。
  So do I.
• 我也不。
  Me neither.
• 你也是。
  You too.
• 我也去了。
  I also went there.

Words starting with 也

• 也许yě xǔperhaps; maybe
• 也就是yě jiù shìin other words; i.e.
• 也好yě hǎothat's fine; may as well; (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ...
• 也就是说yě jiù shì shuōin other words; that is to say; so
• 也罢yě bà(reduplicated) whether... or...; never mind; fine (indicating acceptance or resignation)
• 也门Yě ménYemen
• 也好不了多少yě hǎo bu liǎo duō shǎohardly any better; just as bad
• 也有今天yě yǒu jīn tiān(colloquial) to get one's just deserts; to serve sb right…
• 也好不到哪里去yě hǎo bù dào nǎ lǐ qùjust as bad; not much better

Words containing 也

• 再也zài yě(not) ever again; (not) any longer
• 维也纳Wéi yě nàVienna, capital of Austria
• 空空如也kōng kōng rú yěas empty as anything (idiom); completely bereft; to have nothing; vacuous
• 想也没想xiǎng yě méi xiǎngwithout a second thought
• 食色性也shí sè xìng yěAppetite and lust are only natural (Mencius 6A:4).; By nature we desire food and sex.
• 飞也似的fēi yě shì delit. as if flying; very fast
• 之乎者也zhī hū zhě yě(lit.) 之; (fig.) archaic expressions
• 满口之乎者也mǎn kǒu zhī hū zhě yěmouth full of literary phrases; to spout the classics
• 说也奇怪shuō yě qí guàistrangely enough; oddly enough; strange to say
• 梯也尔Tī yě ěrAdolphe Thiers
• 我也是醉了wǒ yě shì zuì le(net slang) I can't even...; Are you kidding me!; OMG!
• 躺着也中枪tǎng zhe yě zhòng qiāng(net slang) (lit.) to get shot even though lying down; (fig.) to be unfairly targeted
• 不提也罢bù tí yě bàbest not to mention it; drop it; never mind
• 蚂蚱也是肉mà zha yě shì ròulit. even a locust provides some nourishment (idiom); fig. it's better than nothing
• 来而不往非礼也lái ér bù wǎng fēi lǐ yěnot to reciprocate is against etiquette (classical); to respond in kind
• 陀思妥也夫斯基Tuó sī tuǒ yě fū sī jīFyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821-1881), great Russian novelist, author of Crime and…
• 蚊子再小也是肉wén zi zài xiǎo yě shì ròulit. even a mosquito, though tiny, provides some nourishment (idiom)…
• 人之将死，其言也善rén zhī jiāng sǐ , qí yán yě shànwords of a man on his deathbed always come from the heart (proverb)
• 吾生也有涯，而知也无涯wú shēng yě yǒu yá , ér zhī yě wú yáLife is short, learning is limitless; Ars longa, vita brevis
• 成也萧何，败也萧何chéng yě Xiāo Hé , bài yě Xiāo Hélit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韩信…

Characters that look like 也

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 屯túnto station (soldiers); to store up; village

Sounds the same

Read yě, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 野field; plain; open space
• 冶to smelt; to cast; seductive in appearance
• 嘢(Cantonese) thing; matter; stuff
• 漜mud