也
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]
3 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,967 U+4E5F
How 也 is formed
components: 乚
? unknown part
How to remember it
also · Heisig RSH #505
fishhook — as a component also called: scorpion
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 也 as their sound component
These characters all use 也 (yě) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 也 sound component | yě | also, too |
| 地 | dì | earth, ground, soil; land, region; structural particle used before a verb |
| 池 | chí | pool, pond; moat; cistern |
| 驰 | chí | speed, haste; to run, to gallop |
| 弛 | chí | to loosen, to relax; to unstring a bow |
| 迤 | yǐ | winding, meandering |
| 㐌 | tā | a tribe of savages in South China |
| 酏 | yí | millet wine |
Words containing 也
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 人之将死，其言也善 | rén zhī jiāng sǐ , qí yán yě shàn | words of a man on his deathbed always come from the heart (proverb) |
| 也好不了多少 | yě hǎo bu liǎo duō shǎo | hardly any better; just as bad |
| 空空如也 | kōng kōng rú yě | as empty as anything (idiom); completely bereft; to have nothing; vacuous; hollow; empty (… |
| 食色性也 | shí sè xìng yě | Appetite and lust are only natural (Mencius 6A:4).; By nature we desire food and sex. |
| 来而不往非礼也 | lái ér bù wǎng fēi lǐ yě | not to reciprocate is against etiquette (classical); to respond in kind |
| 满口之乎者也 | mǎn kǒu zhī hū zhě yě | mouth full of literary phrases; to spout the classics |
| 也好不到哪里去 | yě hǎo bù dào nǎ lǐ qù | just as bad; not much better |
| 也有今天 | yě yǒu jīn tiān | (coll.) to get one's just deserts; to serve sb right; to get one's share of (good or bad t… |
| 维也纳 | Wéi yě nà | Vienna, capital of Austria |
| 也就是说 | yě jiù shì shuō | in other words; that is to say; so; thus |
| 说也奇怪 | shuō yě qí guài | strangely enough; oddly enough; strange to say |
| 蚊子再小也是肉 | wén zi zài xiǎo yě shì ròu | lit. even a mosquito, though tiny, provides some nourishment (idiom); fig. it's better tha… |
| 之乎者也 | zhī hū zhě yě | (lit.) 之[zhi1], 乎[hu1], 者[zhe3] and 也[ye3] (four grammatical particles of Classical Chines… |
| 想也没想 | xiǎng yě méi xiǎng | without a second thought |
| 陀思妥也夫斯基 | Tuó sī tuǒ yě fū sī jī | Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821-1881), great Russian novelist, author of Crime and Pu… |
| 也门 | Yě mén | Yemen |
| 飞也似的 | fēi yě shì de | lit. as if flying; very fast |
| 我也是醉了 | wǒ yě shì zuì le | (Internet slang) I can't even...; Are you kidding me!; OMG! |
| 也就是 | yě jiù shì | in other words; i.e. |
| 也好 | yě hǎo | that's fine; may as well; (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ... |