yě
也 (yě) is a Chinese word meaning “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]”.
Meanings
- 1also; too; as well; (not ...) either
- 2(used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X)
- 3(literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]
- Part of speech
- adverb
Related words
也surname Ye也许perhaps; maybe也就是说in other words也好that's fine再也(not) ever again; (not) any longer维也纳Vienna, capital of Austria也罢(reduplicated) whether... or...也门Yemen空空如也as empty as anything (idiom); completely bereft不提也罢best not to mention it之乎者也lit. 之[zhi1], 乎[hu1], 者[zhe3] and 也[ye3] (four grammatical particles of Classical Chinese) (idiom)也好不了多少hardly any better