也 (yě): also, too, as well, (not ...) either, (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X), (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]
也 (yě) is a Chinese character meaning “also.” Classified as HSK Level 1 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 乚 (structural). It ranks #31 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- also
- too
- as well
- (not ...) either
- (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X)
- (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 也
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 也就是说 | yě jiù shì shuō | in other words |
| 再也 | zài yě | (not) ever again |
| 维也纳 | wéi yě nà | Vienna, capital of Austria |
| 也罢 | yě bà | (reduplicated) whether... or... |
| 也门 | yě mén | Yemen |
| 空空如也 | kōng kōng rú yě | as empty as anything (idiom) |
| 也就是 | yě jiù shì | in other words |
| 想也没想 | xiǎng yě méi xiǎng | without a second thought |
| 也好不了多少 | yě hǎo bu liǎo duō shǎo | hardly any better |
| 也有今天 | yě yǒu jīn tiān | (coll.) to get one's just deserts |
| 也好不到哪里去 | yě hǎo bù dào nǎ lǐ qù | just as bad |
| 之乎者也 | zhī hū zhě yě | lit. 之[zhi1], 乎[hu1], 者[zhe3] and 也[ye3] (four grammatical particles of Classical Chinese) (idiom) |
| 满口之乎者也 | mǎn kǒu zhī hū zhě yě | mouth full of literary phrases |
| 来而不往非礼也 | lái ér bù wǎng fēi lǐ yě | not to reciprocate is against etiquette (classical) |
| 飞也似的 | fēi yě shì de | lit. as if flying |
也 appears in 30 compound words: 30 as the first character, 20 as the last, and 50 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 也 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (7)
Showing 6 of 7 idioms containing 也.
Example Sentences
虽然工作很忙，他也坚持每天抽时间锻炼身体。
Suīrán gōngzuò hěn máng, tā yě jiānchí měitiān chōu shíjiān duànliàn shēntǐ.
Although work is very busy, he also insists on taking time to exercise every day.
米兰冬奥|有爱人也有惺惺相惜的对手,王心迪与瑞士选..
mǐ lán dōng ào yǒu ài rén yě yǒu 惺 惺 xiāng xī de duì shǒu , wáng xīn dí yǔ ruì shì xuǎn . .
Milan Winter Olympics|There are lovers and sympathetic opponents, Wang Xindi and Switzerland choos:
王心迪:在自己圆梦的同时,也帮助徐梦桃圆梦了
wáng xīn dí : zài zì jǐ yuán mèng de tóng shí , yě bāng zhù xú mèng táo yuán mèng le
Wang Xindi: While realizing his dream, he also helped Xu Mengtao realize his dream
也门安全部队向反政府示威者开火 造成至少1...
yě mén ān quán bù duì xiàng fǎn zhèng fǔ shì wēi zhě kāi huǒ zào chéng zhì shǎo 1 . . .
Yemeni security forces opened fire on anti-government demonstrators, causing at least 1...
...李亮:炒作“字节是恒科的最大空头”很荒唐也..
. . . lǐ liàng chǎo zuò zì jié shì héng kē de zuì dà kōng tóu hěn huāng táng yě . .
Li Liang: Hyping the claim that "ByteDance is Hengke's biggest short seller" is utterly ridiculous...
普通人也能开飞机回家过年了?飞2小时油费只要20...
pǔ tōng rén yě néng kāi fēi jī huí jiā guò nián le ? fēi xiǎo shí yóu fèi zhī yāo . . .
Can ordinary people really fly home for the New Year? A two-hour flight costs just 20 yuan in fuel...
我们打算去登山，你也去吗？
Wǒmen dǎsuàn qù dēngshān, nǐ yě qù ma?
We're going up into the mountains, so why don't you come with us?
你怎么连动也不动？
Nǐ zěnme liándòng yě bù dòng?
Why aren't you even moving at all?
你也邀请你的朋友了吗？
Nǐ yě yāoqǐng nǐ de péngyou le ma?
You've invited your friends as well?
你怎么什么话也没说？
Nǐ zěnme shénme huà yě méi shuō?
How come you didn't say anything?
Character Family
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