也 yě
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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') -
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
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
Notes: (NCCED 2 '也' 3) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
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
- 满口之乎者也(滿口之乎者也) mouth full of literary phrases; to spout the classics
- 空空如也 as empty as anything; completely bereft; to have nothing; vacuous; hollow; empty (argument, head etc)
- 也是 in addition ; either
- 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
- 是可忍也，孰不可忍 if this can be tolerated, what cannot?
- 也就是说(也就是說) in other words; that is to say; so; thus
- 之于天下也(之於天下也) with regards to the empire
- 说也奇怪(說也奇怪) strangely enough; oddly enough; strange to say
- 也门里亚尔(也門里亞爾) Yemeni rial
- 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
- 我也是醉了 I can't even...; Are you kidding me!; OMG!
- 也好不到哪里去(也好不到哪裡去) just as bad; not much better
- 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
- 见义不为无勇也(見義不為無勇也) to pass by an opportunity for doing the right thing is cowardly
- 躺着也中枪(躺著也中槍) to get shot even when lying down
- 想也没想(想也沒想) without a second thought
- 不提也罢(不提也罷) best not to mention it; drop it; never mind; let's not talk about it
- 也就是 that is; i.e.
- 我末之见也(我末之見也) I have not seen it
- 也好不了多少 hardly any better; just as bad
- 之乎者也 four grammatical particles of Classical Chinese
- 也不见得(也不見得) unlikely
- 食色性也 Appetite and lust are only natural (Mencius 6A:4).; By nature we desire food and sex.
- 来而不往非礼也(來而不往非禮也) not to reciprocate is against etiquette; to respond in kind
- 也罢(也罷) (reduplicated) whether... or...; never mind; fine (indicating acceptance or resignation)
- 也好 also good
- 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
- 梯也尔(梯也爾) Adolphe Thiers
- 再也 (not) any more
- 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
- 是何祥也(是何祥也) What do these foretell?
- 末之有也 there has never been one like it
- 也许(也許) perhaps; maybe
Also contained in
维也纳大学 、 陀思妥也夫斯基 、 维也纳 、 也先太师 、 也先台吉 、 只赢得眼睛也落地 、 也先 、 也门
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: 1104
- 卷十八 Scroll 18 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 895
- 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: 805
- 卷五 Scroll 5 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 800