Pronunciation & meaning
- Pronunciation
Mandarinㄧㄝˇ yě
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- Meaning
- also; classical final particle of strong affirmation or identity
- Kangxi Radical
- 乙 · 3 strokes
Common words
- 也許yě xǔperhaps; maybe
- 再也zài yě(not) ever again; (not) any longer
- 也好yě hǎothat's fine; may as well
- 也就是說yě jiù shì shuōin other words; that is to say
- 也罷yě bà(reduplicated) whether... or...; never mind
- 空空如也kōng kōng rú yěas empty as anything (idiom); completely bereft; to have nothing
- 來而不往非禮也lái ér bù wǎng fēi lǐ yěnot to reciprocate is against etiquette (classical); to respond in kind
- 之乎者也zhī hū zhě yě(lit.) 之[zhi1], 乎[hu1], 者[zhe3] and 也[ye3] (four grammatical particles of Classical Chinese) (idiom); (fig.) archaic expressions
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