也
yě HSK1

also

也 yě
also adverb
also; too; as well; in addition; used in negative sentences to mean "either" or "neither"

我什么也感觉不到了！

wǒ shén​me yě gǎn​jué bù dào le!

I can't feel anything anymore!

[softener] adverb
used to create a more indirect or polite tone, often when making a suggestion or expressing a modest opinion
nevertheless adverb
used in the second part of a sentence to show that a result remains the same regardless of a condition or obstacle, often following words like 虽然 suī​rán or 即使 jí​shǐ

即使是国王也需要保护。

jí​shǐ shì guó​wáng yě xū​yào bǎo​hù.

Even a King needs protection.

即使是错误，也能是美妙的。

jí​shǐ shì cuò​wù, yě néng shì měi​miào de.

Even mistakes can be wonderful.

even adverb
used to emphasize a point by highlighting an extreme or unexpected case, often used with 连 lián

连我也喜欢她。

lián wǒ yě xǐ​huan tā.

Even I like her.

如果没有客户，你们一分钱也赚不到。

rú​guǒ méi​yǒu kè​hù, nǐ​men yī fēn qián yě zhuàn bu dào.

Without customers, you won’t make a single cent.

[classical particle] adjective
(literary) particle used at the end of a sentence to indicate a judgment, explanation, or to strengthen an affirmative or interrogative mood; or used mid-sentence after a word or phrase to indicate a pause or emphasize the topic
Ye
a Chinese surname

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Frequency
Character
Written text
31st most common 3670.5 per million
Movie subtitles
51st most common 3414.2 per million appears in 100% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
3928.9 per million appears in 100% of films
Written text
4103.4 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 2
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
3
Unicode
U+4E5F

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)