也
Ancient forms
3 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
yě ye3
- (adverb) also; both ... and ... (before predicates only)
- (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊
- surname Ye
Example sentences
- He likes singing and dancing.
HSK words with 也
More words with 也
- 也罢 yěbà (reduplicated) whether... or...
- 也就是 yějiùshì in other words; i.e.
- 空空如也 kōngkōngrúyě as empty as anything (idiom); completely bereft
- 食色性也 shísèxìngyě Appetite and lust are only natural (Mencius 6A:4).
- 想也没想 xiǎngyěméixiǎng without a second thought
- 说也奇怪 shuōyěqíguài strangely enough
- 也有今天 yěyǒujīntiān (coll.) to get one's just deserts
- 之乎者也 zhīhūzhěyě lit. 之 (zhī), 乎 (hū), 者 (zhě) and 也 (yě) (four grammatical particles of Classical Chinese) (idiom)