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HSK 4
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)
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
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
老师，我来中国留学两年了，但是我的汉语水平提高得一点儿也不快啊。
Lǎoshī, wǒ lái Zhōngguó liúxué liǎng nián le, dànshì wǒ de Hànyǔ shuǐpíng tígāo de yìdiǎnr yě bù kuài a.
Teacher, I've been studying in China for two years, but my Chinese isn't improving fast at all.
Text 1
人的一生可以什么也没有，但不能没有朋友，而且必须要有自己真正的朋友。
Rén de yīshēng kěyǐ shénme yě méiyǒu,dàn bùnéng méiyǒu péngyou,érqiě bìxū yào yǒu zìjǐ zhēnzhèng de péngyou.
In life, a person can have nothing, but cannot be without friends, and must have their own true friends.
Text 5
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
当然是春天，天气不那么冷了，草和树都绿了，花也开了。
Dāngrán shì chūntiān, tiānqì bú nàme lěng le, cǎo hé shù dōu lǜ le, huā yě kāi le.
Of course it's spring, the weather isn't that cold anymore, the grass and the trees have turned green, and the flowers have bloomed too.
Text 3
手机、电脑、地图，一个也不能少。
shǒujī,diànnǎo,dìtú,yí gè yě bù néng shǎo.
Phone, computer, and map—not a single one can be missing.
Text 4
是啊，外边也不刮风，我们坐在外边一边看月亮一边吃点东西，怎么样？
Shì a, wàibian yě bù guā fēng, wǒmen zuò zài wàibian yībiān kàn yuèliang yībiān chī diǎn dōngxi, zěnmeyàng?
Yeah, it's not windy outside either. How about we sit outside, watch the moon, and eat something?
Text 3
我年轻的时候也这么想，但是那时候没有钱，如果有钱，就去了。
Wǒ niánqīng de shíhou yě zhème xiǎng, dànshì nà shíhou méiyǒu qián,rúguǒ yǒu qián, jiù qù le.
I thought so too when I was young, but I didn't have money then. If I had had money, I would have gone.
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- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 2
- Character Frequency Rank
- 30
- Word Frequency Rank
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