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  • 1

    adv.(used in compound or complex sentences) as well; either; too

    • nǐ kě yǐ zuò zài zhè yě kě yǐ zuò zài nà

      可以可以

      You can sit either here or there.

    • rú guǒ nǐ bù qù wǒ yě bù qù

      如果

      If you're not going, I'm not going either.

    • tā bù cōng ming yě bù hǎo kàn

      聪明好看

      She is neither smart nor pretty.

  • 2

    adv.fml(used at the end of a question or counter question) also

    • shì hé xǔ rén yě

      何许

      Who are they?

    • rǔ bù zhī yě

      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)

    • dà dào zhī xíng yě tiān xià wéi gōng

      大道天下

      When the Great Tao prevailed, the whole world was one community.

    • dì zhī xiāng qù yě qiān yǒu yú lǐ

      The two places are more than 1,000 li apart.

    • mín zhī yú rén yě shèn yú shuǐ huǒ

      Goodness is more to the people than water and fire.

  • 4

    adv.(used in simple sentences) either; too; also; as well

    • wǒ mèi mei yě shì gè shòu huò yuán

      妹妹售货员

      My sister is a shop assistant too.

    • wǒ yě shì jiàn guò shì miàn de

      世面

      I too have seen something of the world.

    • tā yě qù le

      He went as well.

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  • 5

    adv.even; whether ...or ...

    • dòng wù yě hǎo zhí wù yě hǎo méi yǒu tài yáng dōu bù néng shēng cún

      动物植物没有太阳生存

      Neither animals or plants can survive without the sun.

    • tā yě hǎo tā yě hǎo liǎng gè rén dōu cuò le

      Both he and she are wrong.

    • wǒ zuǒ xiǎng bù duì yòu xiǎng yě bù duì

      However I think about it it is wrong.

  • 6

    adv.(used to emphasize negation)

    • zhè ge wǒ men yě tóng yì

      这个我们同意

      I also agree on this.

    • yī diǎn yě bù cuò

      一点

      not wrong in the slightest

    • nǐ nán dào yě rèn wéi bù nán

      难道认为

      Do you think it is difficult?

  • 7

    adv.(used to indicate a mild tone)

    • zhè dào yě bà

      That wouldn't be so bad.

    • zhè ge dào yě bù pà

      这个

      This isn't so scary.

    • yě zhǐ hǎo zhè yàng

      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.

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Chinese Characters with pinyin

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