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也

yě · ye/Yě · ye

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Meaning

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yě 也

  1. (adverb) also; both ... and ... (before predicates only)
  2. (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊 (a)

Yě 也

  1. surname Ye
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Me too

  1. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)想(xiǎng)吃(chī)面条(miàntiáo)。

    I want to eat noodles.

  2. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)也(yě)想(xiǎng)吃(chī)。

    I want to eat too.

  3. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)想(xiǎng)喝(hē)茶(chá)。

    I want to drink tea.

  4. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)也(yě)想(xiǎng)喝(hē)。

    I want to drink too.

  5. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)今天(jīntiān)不(bù)想(xiǎng)付钱(fùqián)。

    I do not want to pay today.

  6. Liangliang

    ……我(wǒ)也(yě)不(bù)想(xiǎng)。

    ... I do not want to either.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

你(nǐ)若(ruò)是(shì)伤(shāng)害(hài)别(bié)人(rén)，你(nǐ)也(yě)会(huì)伤(shāng)害(hài)到(dào)自(zì)己(jǐ)。

When you hurt others, you also hurt yourself.

Tatoeba: Chinese by egg0073 · English by garborg · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)听(tīng)了(le)，但(dàn)什(shén)么(me)也(yě)没(méi)听(tīng)到(dào)。

I listened, but I didn't hear anything.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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