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也 (yě) — Chinese word meaning

HSK 1

也 (yě) is a Chinese word: also. This page shows its pinyin, translation, example sentences, character breakdown, decomposition, and HSK level.

Meaning of 也

副 fù adverb

also

我也喜欢音乐。

wǒ yě xǐ huan yīn yuè

I also like music.

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Word breakdown

也 yě — also

Words with this character (2)
  • 1 也许 yě xǔ — perhaps HSK 4
    • 也 contributes to expressing possibility/uncertainty
    • 许 contributes to expressing permission/possibility
    Example

    也许这是个好主意。

    yě xǔ zhè shì gè hǎo zhǔ yi

    Perhaps this is a good idea.

  • 2 也好 yě hǎo — whether...or..., either...or... HSK 6
    • 也 also, either (sets up alternatives)
    • 好 fine, acceptable (completes the pattern)
    Example

    你去也好，不去也好，我都没意见。

    nǐ qù yě hǎo bù qù yě hǎo wǒ dōu méi yì jiàn

    Whether you go or not, I have no objection.

Structure & writing
1 也 yě — (lit.) particle expressing judgment, explanation, rhetorical question, or pause within a sentence
也 is a component in 8 characters
HSK 1
他 tā third-person pronoun, generally male, sometimes gender-neutral (he/him; they) 她 tā she; her (third-person feminine pronoun)
HSK 2
地 dì the Earth, one of the eight planets in the solar system
HSK 5
拖 tuō to drag (an object along a surface) 施 shī to implement; to exert 池 chí pond, esp. an artificially dug one
HSK 7
弛 chí (lit.) to relax; to loosen 驰 chí to gallop; to speed (of horses, vehicles, etc.)

也 is an atomic character — it does not decompose further.

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