也
yě
I adv.
1) also; too; as well; either
2) even
我想也没想到。 I didn't even think of it.
3) more or less; by and large
他的中文也还可以。 His Chinese is passable.
II cons.
1) (suīrán/jíshǐ) V1 也 V2: (even) if V1 nevertheless V2
我少吃一顿也无所谓。 I don't mind skipping a meal.
即使他没说，我也知道。 Even if she hadn't mentioned it, I would have known.
2) 也 A 也 B: be both A and B
III m.p. wr.
wr. used in classical language at the end of a sentence or clause
是可忍也，孰不可忍也。 If this can be tolerated, what cannot?
人之过也，各于其党。 People's faults are characteristic of the classes to which they belong.