Definitions
(adverb)
also; too
(particle)
affirmative final particle
Etymology
Depicts a child opening its mouth to cry. Original form of 嗁. The modern meaning is a phonetic loan.
About
也 (yě) was originally a pictograph of a child opening its mouth to cry, the early form of 嗁. This visual meaning was soon abandoned, and the character was borrowed phonetically as a grammatical particle. In classical Chinese, it typically served as a sentence-final particle marking a pause, assertion, or judgment. In modern usage, it has shed that role entirely and now functions almost exclusively as an adverb meaning "also" or "too", placed before verbs or adjectives.
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他也很高兴。
我也想去北京。
她也不喜欢下雨。
即使下雨，我也要去。
你这样做，他也会生气。
不但我喜欢，而且他也喜欢。
无论多忙，他也会抽时间学习。
即使遇到困难，我们也不能放弃，也要继续努力。
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