也

The character "也" has 3 strokes. "也" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "也" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "也" are "yě" . View the stroke order of "也">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "也"

adv.: also; too; as well; either; even; even if

• also : adv.另外；也
• too : adv.太；过于；过度；另外；也；非常；而且；再者
• as well : 也, 还
• either : conj. & adv.或者；要么；也；而且
• even : adv.甚至；即使
• even if : 即使, 纵然, 尽管, 虽然

Form words with "也"

也门人 Yemeni; Yemenite

一点也不在乎 not mind a bit

一点儿用处也没有 be utterly useless

Example phrases using "也"

• 乘下一班车也来得及出席开幕式。

  There is still time for us to attend the opening ceremony by taking the next bus.

• 有些蔬菜既可以生吃也可以熟食。

  Some vegetables can either be eaten raw or cooked.

• 坐汽车去那里五个小时也打不住。

  Five hours won’t be enough if you go there by bus.

• 此后我们连他的影子也没有看到。

  We haven’t seen hide or hair of him since then.

• 恕我斗胆说一句，这事你也有错。

  I make bold to say that you are also to blame for this.

• 在这个地方，降雪即便有也很少。

  It seldom, if ever, snows here.

• 他对其他记者也耍了同样的花招。

  He pulled similar stunts with other journalists.

• 我不希望你效法我，也仓促成婚。

  I don’t want you to follow my example and rush into marriage.

• 就凭这件小事，也足见他的为人。

  His way of handling this trifling matter is enough to show his way of conducting himself in society.

• 我听了半天也没听出个道道儿来。

  I’ve listened for quite a while, but I still can’t make head or tail of it.