也 yě
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yě
adverb also; too
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: For example, 他不吃饭,也不睡觉 'He does not eat and he also does not sleep.' (Ye Shengtao, 1999, p. 4; Guoyu '也' adverb 1; NCCED 2 '也' 1; Unihan '也') -
yě
particle
a final modal particle indicating certainy or decision
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: The particle 也 marks a noun predicate with a continuing state in Literary Chinese (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 114). For example, 未有仁而遺其親者也 'There never has been a benevolent man who neglected his parents.' (Mengzi: 1.1/1/8, translation by Legge; Guoyu '也' particle 1; Kroll 2015 '也' 1; NCCED 1 '也' 1; Unihan '也') -
yě
particle
either
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In the sense of 或者 (Guoyu '也' particle 7; NCCED 2 '也' 2) -
yě
adverb
even
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (NCCED 2 '也' 3) -
yě
adverb
used to soften the tone
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (Guoyu '也' particle 6; NCCED 2 '也' 5) -
yě
adverb
used for emphasis
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: For example, 一点也不 'not even a bit' (Guoyu '也' adverb 3) -
yě
adverb
used to mark contrast
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: For example, 一点也不 'not even a bit' (Guoyu '也' adverb 4) -
yě
adverb
used to mark compromise
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In the sense of 让步; for example, 这样也好 'That is fine too.' (Guoyu '也' adverb 5) -
yě
phonetic
ya
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: ya; first semivowel in the Sanskrit alphabet (BCSD '也', p. 78; MW 'ya')
Contained in
- 婆罗袟底也(婆羅袟底也) Baladitya
- 毘舍也 visaya; sphere; object
- 也他 as; for instance; yathā
- 佛陀也会被人毁谤(佛陀也會被人毀謗) even the Buddha was slandered
- 祈一功德以见拯拔也(祈一功德以見拯拔也) I beg your help for the sake of my virtue
- 阿奢也 mental disposition; āśaya
- 淡然也 Remain Detached
- 噁乞蒭毘也 Akṣobhya; Aksobhya Buddha
- 微洒也(微灑也) visaya; sphere; object
- 安然也 Peaceful
- 蟒则昔之郗氏也(蟒則昔之郗氏也) in the past, the snake was Empress Chi
- 破铜烂铁也能成钢(破銅爛鐵也能成鋼) Even scrap metal can be turned into steel.
- 四十七言也 they [the letters] are forty-seven in number
- 羯噜儜么也(羯嚕儜麼也) karunamaya; consisting of compassion
- 斯梗概也 This is a general outline
- 倪也那 jñāna; knowledge
- 所破者破四魔也 what is destroyed are the four demons
- 空也 Kūya
- 弘也 Kūya
- 毘那也迦 Vinayaka
- 只赢得眼睛也落地(只贏得眼睛也落地) all he’s achieved is that his eyes have fallen out too
- 立功立德立言 三不朽也 Establish One’s Merit, Virtue, and Teachings; These Are the Three Imperishables
- 弭也竭罗(弭也竭羅) tiger; vyāghra
- 悉曇天竺文字也 Siddham is an Indian script
- 悟也么(悟也麼) Awakened Yet?
Also contained in
说也奇怪 、 也好不到哪里去 、 之乎者也 、 末之有也 、 母也天只 、 维也纳 、 我也是醉了 、 是可忍也,孰不可忍 、 也罢 、 也先 、 也好不了多少 、 人之将死,其言也善 、 来而不往非礼也 、 再也 、 也先台吉 、 也是 、 我末之见也 、 食色性也 、 也好 、 也有今天 、 也不见得 、 也许 、 满口之乎者也 、 空空如也 、 丑媳妇早晚也得见公婆 、 也就是
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 1300
- Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 1271
- Scroll 27 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 1164
- Scroll 15 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 1077
- Scroll 41 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 1076
- Scroll 48 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 986
- Scroll 11 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 950
- Scroll 13 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 944
- Scroll 80 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 930
- Scroll 14 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 922