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yě

Main
English Definition	also; too; (in Classical Chinese) final particle implying affirmation; (Chinese surname)
Simplified Script	也
Traditional Script	Same
Pinyin	yě
Effective Pinyin (After Tone Sandhi)	Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)	ㄧㄝˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping)	jaa⁵
Part of Speech	(副) adverb
Proficiency Test Level	HSK.v3=1 TOCFL=1

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Words With Same Head Word
也许	yěxǔ	perhaps; maybe
也好	yěhǎo	that's fine; may as well; (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ...
也就是	yě jiùshì	that is; i.e.
也就是说	yě jiùshìshuō	in other words; that is to say; so; thus
也曾	yěcéng	also once

Words With Same Tail Word
再也	zàiyě	(not) any more
空空如也	kōngkōng rú yě	as empty as anything (idiom); completely bereft; to have nothing; vacuous; hollow; empty (argument, head etc)
之乎者也	zhī hū zhě yě	lit. 之, 乎, 者 and 也 (four grammatical particles of Classical Chinese) (idiom); fig. archaic expressions
来而不往非礼也	lái ér bù wǎng fēilǐ yě	not to reciprocate is against etiquette (classical); to respond in kind
谁也	shéiyě	anybody

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