HSK 2 · Modal Verbs

也 yě “also” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 也 means

  1. also, too
  2. as well
  3. (not …) either
  4. (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X)

How to say 也

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale也yě3rd tone, dipping

也 in a sentence

  1. 我不知道，他也不知道。

    Wǒ bù zhīdao, tā yě bù zhīdao.

    I don’t know and neither does he.

    Sentence #889654 from Tatoeba

  2. 是的，我也是学生。

    Shì de, wǒ yě shì xuésheng.

    Yes, I’m a student too.

    Sentence #2202377 from Tatoeba

How 也 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 也 (yě) drawn as one shape
也yěalso; too; as well; either

也 is a single shape of 3 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 也

也 3 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

也 (yě) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 也 (yě). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 也

Words with 也

也许yěxǔ · perhaps

More words: Modal Verbs & Connectors

可以kěyǐ · can可能kěnéng · maybe要yào · want为什么wèishénme · why因为yīnwèi · because所以suǒyǐ · so但是dànshì · but虽然suīrán · although

FAQs

也 (yě) means “also, too” or “as well”. It is an HSK 2 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it yě: yě with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 也 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ye with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 也 from the suggestions. Typing ye into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
也 is an HSK 2 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.