也 yě

1. yě adverb also / too
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: For example, 他不吃饭，也不睡觉 'He does not eat and he also does not sleep.' (Ye Shengtao, 1999, p. 4; Guoyu '也' adverb 1; NCCED 2 '也' 1; Unihan '也')
2. yě particle a final modal particle indicating certainy or decision
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: The particle 也 marks a noun predicate with a continuing state in Literary Chinese (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 114). For example, 未有仁而遺其親者也 'There never has been a benevolent man who neglected his parents.' (Mengzi: 1.1/1/8, translation by Legge; Guoyu '也' particle 1; Kroll 2015 '也' 1; NCCED 1 '也' 1; Unihan '也')
3. yě particle either
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: In the sense of 或者 (Guoyu '也' particle 7; NCCED 2 '也' 2)
4. yě adverb even
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: (NCCED 2 '也' 3)
5. yě adverb used to soften the tone
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: (Guoyu '也' particle 6; NCCED 2 '也' 5)
6. yě adverb used for emphasis
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: For example, 一点也不 'not even a bit' (Guoyu '也' adverb 3)
7. yě adverb used to mark contrast
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: For example, 一点也不 'not even a bit' (Guoyu '也' adverb 4)
8. yě adverb used to mark compromise
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: In the sense of 让步; for example, 这样也好 'That is fine too.' (Guoyu '也' adverb 5)

Contained in

• 躺着也中枪(躺著也中槍) to get shot even when lying down
• 也有今天 to get one's just deserts / to serve somebody right / to get one's share of (good or bad things) / every dog has its day
• 就是_也_ even if
• 梯也尔(梯也爾) Adolphe Thiers
• 来而不往非礼也(來而不往非禮也) not to reciprocate is against etiquette / to respond in kind
• 也就是 that is / i.e.
• 食色性也 Appetite and lust are only natural (Mencius 6A:4). / By nature we desire food and sex.
• 空空如也 as empty as anything / completely bereft / to have nothing / vacuous / hollow / empty (argument, head etc)
• 也就是说(也就是說) in other words / that is to say / so / thus
• 再也 (not) any more
• 想也没想(想也沒想) without a second thought
• 也门里亚尔(也門里亞爾) Yemeni rial
• 是可忍也，孰不可忍 if this can be tolerated, what cannot?
• 吾生也有涯，而知也无涯(吾生也有涯，而知也無涯) Life is short, learning is limitless / Ars longa, vita brevis
• 是何祥也(是何祥也) What do these foretell? ; What do these foretell?
• 也好不到哪里去(也好不到哪裡去) just as bad / not much better
• 我也是醉了 I can't even... / Are you kidding me! / OMG!
• 也许(也許) perhaps / maybe
• 也好不了多少 hardly any better / just as bad
• 之乎者也 four grammatical particles of Classical Chinese
• 丑媳妇早晚也得见公婆(醜媳婦早晚也得見公婆) the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law
• 说也奇怪(說也奇怪) strangely enough / oddly enough / strange to say
• 也是 in addition ; either
• 成也萧何，败也萧何(成也蕭何，敗也蕭何) raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He
• 人之将死，其言也善(人之將死，其言也善) words of a man on his deathbed always come from the heart
• 至其将衰也(至其將衰也) but at last abating
• 也罢(也罷) (reduplicated) whether... or... / never mind / fine (indicating acceptance or resignation)
• 满口之乎者也(滿口之乎者也) mouth full of literary phrases / to spout the classics
• 不提也罢(不提也罷) best not to mention it / drop it / never mind / let's not talk about it
• 也好 also good

Also contained in

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• 卷三 Scroll 3 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 1289
• 周語下 Discourses of Zhou III Guoyu 國語 — count: 1103
• 卷十八 Scroll 18 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 896
• 卷三十三 Scroll 33 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 887
• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 885
• 卷十一 Scroll 11 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 867
• 卷五十九 張衡列傳 Volume 59: Biography of Zhang Heng Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 834
• 卷八 Scroll 8 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 830
• 卷六 Scroll 6 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 804
• 卷二 Scroll 2 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 799