亦 (yì): also
亦 (yì) is a Chinese character meaning “also.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 亠 (structural). It ranks #886 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 亦 a man standing with arrows pointing to his armpits. Its radical form 亠 (lid) appears in many related characters such as 京 (jīng, capital city of a country), 交 (jiāo, to hand over), 亮 (liàng, bright).
Definitions
- also
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA man standing with arrows pointing to his armpits
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 反之亦然 | fǎn zhī yì rán | vice versa |
| 不亦乐乎 | bù yì lè hū | lit. isn't that a joy? (quote from Confucius) |
| 亦步亦趋 | yì bù yì qū | to blindly follow suit (idiom) |
| 人云亦云 | rén yún yì yún | to say what everyone says (idiom) |
| 不亦 | bù yì | (literary) isn't it truly …? |
| 亦作 | yì zuò | also written as |
| 亦或 | yì huò | or |
| 亦且 | yì qiě | variant of 抑且[yi4 qie3] |
| 亦即 | yì jí | namely |
| 亦称 | yì chēng | also known as |
| 亦敌亦友 | yì dí yì yǒu | (idiom) to be both friend and foe to each other |
| 水能载舟，亦能覆舟 | shuǐ néng zài zhōu , yì néng fù zhōu | lit. water may keep the boat afloat but may also sink it (proverb) |
| 亦庄 | yì zhuāng | Yizhuang town in Beijing municipality |
亦 appears in 13 compound words: 62 as the first character, 8 as the last, and 31 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 亦 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
Example Sentences
他亦是如此，对这个问题有着相同的看法。
Tā yì shì rúcǐ, duì zhè gè wèntí yǒuzhe xiāngtóng de kànfǎ.
He is also like this, having the same view on this issue.
...:美息未来走向存不确定性 对香港利率环境亦会有所影响
. . . : měi xī wèi lái zǒu xiàng cún bù què dìng xìng duì xiāng gǎng lì lǜ huán jìng yì huì yǒu suǒ yǐng xiǎng
...: The future direction of U.S. interest rates remains uncertain, which will also affect Hong Kong's interest rate environment
...月跌43% 中原:农历新年长假影响 放慢亦属合理|二手楼成交
. . . yuè diē 4 3 zhōng yuán : nóng lì xīn nián cháng jiǎ yǐng xiǎng fàng màn yì shǔ gě lǐ èr shǒu lóu chéng jiāo
... Monthly decline of 43% Central Plains: The slowdown is also reasonable due to the impact of the Lunar New Year holiday|Second-hand property transactions
刘亦菲单身多时不愁寂寞 爱犬随身陪伴左右
liú yì 菲 dān shēn duō shí bù chóu jì mò ài quǎn suí shēn péi bàn zuǒ yòu
Liu Yifei has been single for a long time and does not worry about loneliness, and her dog is always with her
赵露思传执刘亦菲二摊 懒理是非骚香肩卖萌
zhào lù sī chuán zhí liú yì 菲 èr tān lǎn lǐ shì fēi sāo xiāng jiān mài méng
Zhao Lusi passed on Liu Yifei's second stall and was lazy to deal with right and wrong
....37億元創新高 EPS 103.23元亦創高
. . . . 億 yuán 創 xīn gāo . yuán yì 創 gāo
...3.7 billion yuan, setting a new record high EPS of 103.23 yuan also hit a new high
有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎？
Yǒu péng zì yuǎnfāng lái, bùyìlèhū?
When a friend comes from afar, is that not delightful?
Character Family
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