也
also, too; surname Ye; 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]
- Strokes
- 3
- Pinyin
- yě
Parts
Built from 也
Words with 也
- 也好yě hǎo · yehaothat's fine; may as well; (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ...
- 也罢yě bà · yeba(reduplicated) whether... or...; never mind; fine (indicating acceptance or resignation)
- 也许yě xǔ · yexuperhaps; maybe
- 也门yě mén · yemenYemen
- 再也zài yě · zaiye(not) ever again; (not) any longer
- 也就是yě jiù shì · yejiushiin other words; i.e.
- 梯也尔tī yě ěr · tiyeerAdolphe Thiers
- 维也纳wéi yě nà · weiyenaVienna, capital of Austria
- 不提也罢bù tí yě bà · butiyebabest not to mention it; drop it; never mind
- 之乎者也zhī hū zhě yě · zhihuzheye(lit.) 之[zhi1], 乎[hu1], 者[zhe3] and 也[ye3] (four grammatical particles of Classical Chinese) (idiom); (fig.) archaic expressions
- 也就是说yě jiù shì shuō · yejiushishuoin other words; that is to say; so
- 也有今天yě yǒu jīn tiān · yeyoujintian(coll.) to get one's just deserts; to serve sb right; to get one's share of (good or bad things)
- 想也没想xiǎng yě méi xiǎng · xiangyemeixiangwithout a second thought
- 空空如也kōng kōng rú yě · kongkongruyeas empty as anything (idiom); completely bereft; to have nothing; vacuous
- 说也奇怪shuō yě qí guài · shuoyeqiguaistrangely enough; oddly enough; strange to say
- 飞也似的fēi yě shì de · feiyeshidelit. as if flying; very fast
- 食色性也shí sè xìng yě · shisexingyeAppetite and lust are only natural (Mencius 6A:4).; By nature we desire food and sex.
- 我也是醉了wǒ yě shì zuì le · woyeshizuile(Internet slang) I can't even...; Are you kidding me!; OMG!
- 蚂蚱也是肉mà zha yě shì ròu · mazhayeshiroulit. even a locust provides some nourishment (idiom); fig. it's better than nothing
- 躺着也中枪tǎng zhe yě zhòng qiāng · tangzheyezhongqiang(Internet slang) (lit.) to get shot even though lying down; (fig.) to be unfairly targeted
- 也好不了多少yě hǎo bu liǎo duō shǎo · yehaobuliaoduoshaohardly any better; just as bad
- 满口之乎者也mǎn kǒu zhī hū zhě yě · mankouzhihuzheyemouth full of literary phrases; to spout the classics
- 也好不到哪里去yě hǎo bù dào nǎ lǐ qù · yehaobudaonaliqujust as bad; not much better
- 来而不往非礼也lái ér bù wǎng fēi lǐ yě · laierbuwangfeiliyenot to reciprocate is against etiquette (classical); to respond in kind
- 蚊子再小也是肉wén zi zài xiǎo yě shì ròu · wenzizaixiaoyeshiroulit. even a mosquito, though tiny, provides some nourishment (idiom); fig. it's better than nothing
- 陀思妥也夫斯基tuó sī tuǒ yě fū sī jī · tuosituoyefusijiFyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821-1881), great Russian novelist, author of Crime and Punishment 罪與罰|罪与罚[Zui4 yu3 Fa2]; also written 陀思妥耶夫斯基[Tuo2 si1 tuo3 ye1 fu1 si1 ji1]
- 人之将死,其言也善rén zhī jiāng sǐ , qí yán yě shàn · renzhijiangsi,qiyanyeshanwords of a man on his deathbed always come from the heart (proverb)
- 成也萧何,败也萧何chéng yě xiāo hé , bài yě xiāo hé · chengyexiaohe,baiyexiaohelit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韓信|韩信[Han2 Xin4] being made Grand General 大將軍|大将军[da4 jiang1 jun1]; fig. a situation where one's success and failure are both due to the same factor
- 吾生也有涯,而知也无涯wú shēng yě yǒu yá , ér zhī yě wú yá · wushengyeyouya,erzhiyewuyaLife is short, learning is limitless; Ars longa, vita brevis