也 (yě) — also, too
Definition
Plain "also, too" used for simple addition. 还 is broader (also / still); the literary 亦 means the same but only in formal writing.
adverb
alsotoo
Examples
- 也。Wǒ yě qù.I am going too.
- ，也。Tā bù lái, wǒ yě bù lái.He isn't coming, and I am not coming either.
- 也？Nǐ yě shì lǎo shī ma?Are you a teacher too?
Origin
Pictograph六书liùshū
象形xiàngxíngA drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.
也 originally showed a child crying with an open mouth, with the arms later dropped and the parts fused.
Grammar
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