也 yě
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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') -
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') -
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) -
yě
adverb
even
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
Notes: (NCCED 2 '也' 3) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
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 、 也是 、 是何祥也
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 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: 886
- 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: 835
- 卷八 Scroll 8 Wenxuan 《文選》 — count: 830
- 卷六 Scroll 6 Wenxuan 《文選》 — count: 804
- 卷五 Scroll 5 Wenxuan 《文選》 — count: 800