也 meaning in Chinese

Ⅰ副词
1.(表示同样) also; too; as well; either; likewise 短语和例子
不哭也不闹 (a child) neither cries nor makes any trouble; 你不去, 我也不去 。 if you're not going, i'm not going either. 他说法语, 也会说西班牙语 。 he speaks french, and spanish as well. 他也会游泳。 he can also swim. 我也是教师。 i'm a teacher, too. 中国是一个社会主义国家, 也是一个发展 中国家。 china is a socialist country, and a developing country as well.2.(叠用, 强调两事并列) as well as 短语和例子
操场上也有打球的, 也有跑步的。 some of the people on the sports ground are playing ball games, and some are running. 她也会打篮球, 也会打网球。 she can play tennis as well as basketball.3.(叠用, 表示无论这样或那样;不以某种情形为条件) 短语和例子
你去也得去, 不去也得去。 you've got to go , whether you want to or not. 他左想也不是, 右想也不是。 he just couldn't make up his mind either way.天好我们也干, 天不好我们也干。 we never stop working, rain or shine.4.(表示转折或让步, 常跟上文的“虽然 、即使”等呼应) 短语和例子
即使失败十次, 我也不灰心。 i'll never lose heart even if i should fail ten times. 你不说我也知道。 you don't have to tell me. i know already.5.(表示委婉等语气) 短语和例子
也只好这样了。 we'll have to leave it at that. 这袋土豆也就一百斤。 this sack of potatoes weighs a hundred jin at most.6.(表示强调, 常跟 “ 再、 一点、连” 等字连用) 短语和例子
等了半天也没见他来。 we had been waiting for him for a long time, yet he didn't turn up. 他病得一点也不想吃。 he is so ill that he doesn't feel like eating anything. 我永远也不会忘记听她唱那支歌时的情景。 i shall never forget hearing her singing that song. 现在连偏僻的山区也用上了拖拉机。 nowadays tractors are used even in remote mountainous regions. 再冷的天我也不怕。 i can stand colder weather than this.Ⅱ助词
[书面语]
1.(表示判断、 解释等语气) 短语和例子
陈胜者, 阳城人也。 chen sheng was a native of yangcheng. 非不能也, 是不为也。 it is not a question of ability but one of readiness.2.(表示疑问或反诘的语气) 短语和例子
何也 ? how is that?; why so? 是可忍也, 孰不可忍也 ? if this can be tolerated, what cannot?3.(用于句中, 表示停顿) 短语和例子
地之相去也, 千有余里。 the place is over a thousand li away.4.(表示嘱咐) 短语和例子
不可不慎也。 you must be very careful.5.(表示感叹) 短语和例子
何其毒也！ how pernicious！Ⅲ名词
(姓氏) a surname 短语和例子
也伯先 ye boxian