也 yě

1. yě adverb also / too
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
   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 '也' 1; NCCED 1 '也' 1; Unihan '也')
3. yě particle either
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
   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 虚词
   Notes: (NCCED 2 '也' 3)
5. yě adverb used to soften the tone
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
   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 虚词
   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 虚词
   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 虚词
   Notes: In the sense of 让步; for example, 这样也好 'That is fine too.' (Guoyu '也' adverb 5)

Contained in

也门 、 也门里亚尔 、 也许 、 既_也_ 、 一_也_ 、 就是_也_ 、 维也纳 、 维也纳大学 、 破铜烂铁也能成钢 、 空空如也 、 噁乞蒭毘也 、 阿儞怛也 、 空也 、 弘也 、 也先 、 也先台吉 、 也先太师 、 只赢得眼睛也落地 、 是何祥也

Texts that the word is most frequently mentioned in

Collection	Document Title	Occurrences
Wenxuan 《文選》	卷三 Scroll 3	1289
Guoyu 《國語》	周語下 Discourses of Zhou III	1103
Wenxuan 《文選》	卷十八 Scroll 18	896
The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》	昭公 Lord Zhao	887
Wenxuan 《文選》	卷三十三 Scroll 33	887
Wenxuan 《文選》	卷十一 Scroll 11	867
Book of Later Han 《後漢書》	卷五十九 張衡列傳 Volume 59: Biography of Zhang Heng	835
Wenxuan 《文選》	卷八 Scroll 8	830
Wenxuan 《文選》	卷六 Scroll 6	804
Wenxuan 《文選》	卷五 Scroll 5	800