也 [yě]

• 副词
  • （表示同样） also; too; as well; either; likewise:

    (A child) neither cries nor makes any trouble.;

    不哭也不闹

    If you're not going, I'm not going either.

    你不去， 我也不去。

  • （叠用， 强调两事并列） as well as:

    Some of the people on the sports ground are playing ball games, and some are running.

    操场上也有打球的，也有跑步的。

    She can play tennis as well as basketball.

    她也会打篮球，也会打网球。

  • （叠用， 表示无论这样或那样;不以某种情形为条件）:

    You've got to go , whether you want to or not.

    你去也得去， 不去也得去。

    He just couldn't make up his mind either way.

    他左想也不是， 右想也不是。

  • （表示转折或让步， 常跟上文的“虽然 、即使”等呼应）:

    I'll never lose heart even if I should fail ten times.

    即使失败10次，我也不灰心。

    You don't have to tell me. I know already.

    你不说我也知道。

  • （表示委婉等语气）:

    We'll have to leave it at that.

    也只好这样了。

    This sack of potatoes weighs a hundred jin at most.

    这袋土豆也就一百斤。

  • （表示强调， 常跟 “ 再、 一点、连” 等字连用）:

    We had been waiting for him for a long time, yet he didn't turn up.

    等了半天也没见他来。

    He is so ill that he doesn't feel like eating anything.

    他病得一点也不想吃。

• 助词
  • （表示判断、 解释等语气）:

    Chen Sheng was a native of Yangcheng.

    陈胜者， 阳城人也。

    It is not a question of ability but one of readiness.

    非不能也， 是不为也。

  • （表示疑问或反诘的语气）:

    How is that?; Why so?

    何也?

    If this can be tolerated, what cannot?

    是可忍也， 孰不可忍也?

  • （用于句中， 表示停顿）:

    The place is over a thousand li away.

    地之相去也， 千有余里。

  • （表示嘱咐）:

    You must be very careful.

    不可不慎也。

  • （表示感叹）:

    How pernicious！

    何其毒也！

• 名词
  • （姓氏） a surname:
  • （姓氏） a surname:

    Ye Boxian

    也伯先