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也
yě
1.
also
2.
too
3.
(in Classical Chinese) final particle implying affirmation
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
也罢
yěbà
(reduplicated) whether... or...
也许
yěxǔ
perhaps
也门
Yěmén
Yemen
再也
zàiyě
(not) any more
也就是
yějiùshì
that is
梯也尔
Tīyěěr
Adolphe Thiers
维也纳
Wéiyěnà
Vienna, capital of Austria
不提也罢
bùtíyěbà
best not to mention it
之乎者也
zhīhūzhěyě
four common characters of classical Chinese (idiom); fig. semi-incomprehensible talk
也不例外
yěbùlìwài
is no exception
也就是说
yějiùshìshuō
in other words
也有今天
yěyǒujīntiān
(coll.) to get one's just deserts
空空如也
kōngkōngrúyě
as empty as anything (idiom); completely bereft
食色性也
shísèxìngyě
Appetite and lust are only natural (Mencius 6A:4).
躺着也中枪
tǎngzheyězhòngqiāng
(lit.) to get shot even when lying down
也好不了多少
yěhǎobuliǎoduōshǎo
hardly any better
满口之乎者也
mǎnkǒuzhīhūzhěyě
mouth full of literary phrases
也好不到哪里去
yěhǎobùdàonǎlǐqù
just as bad
来而不往非礼也
láiérbùwǎngfēilǐyě
not to reciprocate is against etiquette (classical)
陀思妥也夫斯基
Tuósītuǒyěfūsījī
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821-1881), great Russian novelist, author of Crime and Punishment [[罪與罰|罪与罚<ZuìyǔFá>]]
Example Sentences (10)
这里的景色真美，空气也好。
Zhèlǐ de jǐngsè zhēn měi, kōngqì yě hǎo.
The scenery here is really beautiful, and the air is good too.
Text 2
你们会说汉语了，也会写汉字了吗？
Nǐmen huì shuō Hànyǔ le, yě huì xiě Hànzì le ma?
You can speak Chinese now; can you also write Chinese characters?
Text 2
咱家的冰箱太旧了，商场正好打折，我们顺便也买一台吧。
Zánjiā de bīngxiāng tài jiù le, shāngchǎng zhènghǎo dǎzhé, wǒmen shùnbiàn yě mǎi yī tái ba.
Our fridge is too old. The mall happens to be having a sale. Let's buy one while we're at it.
Text 2
人们常说“一分钱一分货”，意思是东西的质量和价格有很大的关系，也可以说“便宜没好货，好货不便宜”，一般情况下，你花的钱越多，买的东西也就越好。
Rénmen cháng shuō "yì fēn qián yì fēn huò", yìsi shì dōngxi de zhìliàng hé jiàgé yǒu hěn dà de guānxi, yě kěyǐ shuō "piányi méi hǎo huò, hǎo huò bù piányi", yìbān qíngkuàng xià, nǐ huā de qián yuè duō, mǎi de dōngxi yě jiù yuè hǎo.
People often say "you get what you pay for", meaning that the quality of something is closely related to its price. You can also say "cheap isn't good; good isn't cheap". In general, the more money you spend, the better the things you buy.
Text 5
你在忙什么呢？刚才打你的手机你也不接。
Nǐ zài máng shénme ne? Gāngcái dǎ nǐ de shǒujī nǐ yě bù jiē.
What are you doing? I just called your cell phone and you didn't answer.
Text 2
塑料袋给人们的生活带来方便，受到人们的普遍欢迎，可是，它的大量使用也带来了严重的环境污染问题。
Sùliàodài gěi rénmen de shēnghuó dàilái fāngbiàn, shòudào rénmen de pǔbiàn huānyíng, kěshì, tā de dàliàng shǐyòng yě dàilái le yánzhòng de huánjìng wūrǎn wèntí.
Plastic bags bring convenience to people's lives and are widely welcomed by people, but their extensive use has also brought serious environmental pollution problems.
Text 4
张老师星期六也不休息啊？
Zhāng lǎoshī xīngqīliù yě bù xiūxi a?
Teacher Zhang doesn't take Saturday off either?
Text 4
买衣服只考虑价格当然不好，但是只考虑买好看的也不一定对。
Mǎi yīfu zhǐ kǎolǜ jiàgé dāngrán bù hǎo, dànshì zhǐ kǎolǜ mǎi hǎokàn de yě bù yídìng duì.
When buying clothes, considering only the price is certainly not good, but only considering buying the good-looking ones is not necessarily right either.
Text 4
除了春节，中秋节以外，啤酒节也是这里很重要的一个节日。
Chúle Chūnjié, Zhōngqiūjié yǐwài, Píjiǔjié yě shì zhèlǐ hěn zhòngyào de yí gè jiérì.
In addition to the Spring Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Beer Festival is also a very important festival here.
Text 4
人们常说“一分钱一分货”，意思是东西的质量和价格有很大的关系，也可以说“便宜没好货，好货不便宜”，一般情况下，你花的钱越多，买的东西也就越好。
Rénmen cháng shuō "yì fēn qián yì fēn huò", yìsi shì dōngxi de zhìliàng hé jiàgé yǒu hěn dà de guānxi, yě kěyǐ shuō "piányi méi hǎo huò, hǎo huò bù piányi", yìbān qíngkuàng xià, nǐ huā de qián yuè duō, mǎi de dōngxi yě jiù yuè hǎo.
People often say "you get what you pay for", meaning that the quality of something is closely related to its price. You can also say "cheap isn't good; good isn't cheap". In general, the more money you spend, the better the things you buy.
Text 5
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 2
- Character Frequency Rank
- 30
- Word Frequency Rank
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