也 — Chinese character
也
yě
also, too
- Pinyin
- yě
- Radical
- 5 ⼄ (Second)
- Strokes
- 3
- Components
- 乚
- Japanese
- 也 as a kanji
Common words with 也
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 也许 (也許) | yě xǔ | perhaps; maybe |
| 再也 | zài yě | (not) ever again; (not) any longer |
| 也就是说 (也就是說) | yě jiù shì shuō | in other words; that is to say |
| 也好 | yě hǎo | that's fine; may as well |
| 也罢 (也罷) | yě bà | (reduplicated) whether... or...; never mind |
| 空空如也 | kōng kōng rú yě | as empty as anything (idiom); completely bereft; to have nothing |
| 不提也罢 (不提也罷) | bù tí yě bà | best not to mention it; drop it |
| 之乎者也 | zhī hū zhě yě | (lit.) 之 (zhī), 乎 (hū), 者 (zhě) and 也 (yě) (four grammatical particles of Classical Chinese) (idiom); (fig.) archaic expressions |
| 食色性也 | shí sè xìng yě | Appetite and lust are only natural (Mencius 6A:4).; By nature we desire food and sex. |
| 也就是 | yě jiù shì | in other words; i.e. |
| 也有今天 | yě yǒu jīn tiān | (coll.) to get one's just deserts; to serve sb right |
| 想也没想 (想也沒想) | xiǎng yě méi xiǎng | without a second thought |
English words written with 也
也 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 13 · Analects 532 · Art of War 194 · Mencius 1229 · Zhuangzi 1683 · Great Learning 30 · Doctrine of the Mean 126
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 3
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 20
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 24
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 29
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 32
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 53
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 55
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 67
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