- (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。
- (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!