Chinese dictionary
- 1
adv.(used in compound or complex sentences) as well; either; too
你可以坐在这,也可以坐在那。
You can sit either here or there.
如果你不去,我也不去。
If you're not going, I'm not going either.
她不聪明,也不好看。
She is neither smart nor pretty.
- 2
adv.fml(used at the end of a question or counter question) also
是何许人也?
Who are they?
汝不知也?
You don't know?
- 3
auxiliary wordfml(used in the middle of a sentence, marking off a sentence element about which there is to be a statement)
大道之行也,天下为公。
When the Great Tao prevailed, the whole world was one community.
地之相去也,千有余里。
The two places are more than 1,000 li apart.
民之于仁也,甚于水火。
Goodness is more to the people than water and fire.
- 4
adv.(used in simple sentences) either; too; also; as well
我妹妹也是个售货员。
My sister is a shop assistant too.
我也是见过世面的。
I too have seen something of the world.
他也去了。
He went as well.
synonym
- 5
adv.even; whether ...or ...
动物也好,植物也好,没有太阳都不能生存。
Neither animals or plants can survive without the sun.
她也好,他也好,两个人都错了。
Both he and she are wrong.
我左想不对,右想也不对。
However I think about it it is wrong.
- 6
adv.(used to emphasize negation)
这个我们也同意。
I also agree on this.
一点也不错
not wrong in the slightest
你难道也认为不难?
Do you think it is difficult?
- 7
adv.(used to indicate a mild tone)
这倒也罢。
That wouldn't be so bad.
这个倒也不怕。
This isn't so scary.
也只好这样。
So be it.
Words and phrases with 也
Word usage
- Note"也" is different from "又". "也" means the same as others' actions; "又" means repeating one's own actions.