也

yě

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Definitions

1. (adverb) also; both ... and ... (before predicates only)
2. (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a]

Example Sentences

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他會說法語，英語當然 也 會說。

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Words Containing 也

• 成也萧何，败也萧何 chéng yě xiāo hé , bài yě xiāo hé: lit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韓信|韩信[hán xìn] being made Grand General 大將軍|大将军[dà jiāng jūn]
• 躺着也中枪 tǎng zhe yě zhòng qiāng: (Internet slang) (lit.) to get shot even though lying down; (fig.) to be unfairly targeted
• 再也 zài yě: (not) any more
• 人之将死，其言也善 rén zhī jiāng sǐ , qí yán yě shàn: words of a man on his deathbed always come from the heart (proverb)
• 也好 yě hǎo: that's fine
• 想也没想 xiǎng yě méi xiǎng: without a second thought
• 也就是 yě jiù shì: that is
• 也好不了多少 yě hǎo bu liǎo duō shǎo: hardly any better
• 也就是说 yě jiù shì shuō: in other words
• 说也奇怪 shuō yě qí guài: strangely enough
• 也罢 yě bà: (reduplicated) whether... or...
• 飞也似的 fēi yě shì de: lit. as if flying
• 来而不往非礼也 lái ér bù wǎng fēi lǐ yě: not to reciprocate is against etiquette (classical)
• 陀思妥也夫斯基 tuó sī tuǒ yě fū sī jī: Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821-1881), great Russian novelist, author of Crime and Punishment 罪與罰|罪与罚[zuì yǔ fá]
• 也有今天 yě yǒu jīn tiān: (coll.) to get one's just deserts
• 不提也罢 bù tí yě bà: best not to mention it
• 也许 yě xǔ: perhaps
• 也门 yě mén: Yemen
• 蚂蚱也是肉 mà zha yě shì ròu: lit. even a locust provides some nourishment (idiom)
• 梯也尔 tī yě ěr: Adolphe Thiers
• 食色性也 shí sè xìng yě: Appetite and lust are only natural (Mencius 6A:4).
• 满口之乎者也 mǎn kǒu zhī hū zhě yě: mouth full of literary phrases
• 我也是醉了 wǒ yě shì zuì le: (Internet slang) I can't even...
• 丑媳妇早晚也得见公婆 chǒu xí fù zǎo wǎn yě děi jiàn gōng pó: lit. the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (idiom)
• 维也纳 wéi yě nà: Vienna, capital of Austria
• 吾生也有涯，而知也无涯 wú shēng yě yǒu yá , ér zhī yě wú yá: Life is short, learning is limitless
• 蚊子再小也是肉 wén zi zài xiǎo yě shì ròu: lit. even a mosquito, though tiny, provides some nourishment (idiom)
• 也好不到哪里去 yě hǎo bù dào nǎ lǐ qù: just as bad; not much better
• 空空如也 kōng kōng rú yě: as empty as anything (idiom); completely bereft
• 之乎者也 zhī hū zhě yě: lit. 之[zhī], 乎[hū], 者[zhě] and 也[yě] (four grammatical particles of Classical Chinese) (idiom); fig. archaic expressions