How to say 也

  • Traditional characters: 也
  • Pinyin (Taiwan standard): yě
  • Zhuyin (bopomofo): ㄧㄝˇ
  • Meaning: also / too

Hear it in a Taiwan accent:

也 in example sentences

Real lines from CiaoSpeak’s graded stories, each with pinyin, an English translation and Taiwan-accent audio.

欸…火車票一千，高鐵票也差不多一千。一樣貴。

èi huǒ chē piào yì qiān gāo tiě piào yě chà bù duō yì qiān yí yàng guì

Huh... train ticket, a thousand. High-speed rail, also about a thousand. Same price.

From the story 台南還是花蓮？ (Tainan or Hualien?)

時間也差不多，兩個地方都要玩兩天。

shí jiān yě chà bù duō liǎng ge dì fāng dōu yào wán liǎng tiān

About the same too — either place needs two days.

From the story 台南還是花蓮？ (Tainan or Hualien?)

你看，冷氣壞了也有好處——你今天認識了剉冰。

nǐ kàn lěng qì huài le yě yǒu hǎo chù nǐ jīn tiān rèn shì le cuò bīng

See? A broken AC has an upside — today you met shaved ice.

From the story 三十六度 (Thirty-Six Degrees)

我也喜歡蛋糕跟蠟燭！沒有蠟燭，怎麼許願？

wǒ yě xǐ huān dàn gāo gēn là zhú méi yǒu là zhú zěn me xǔ yuàn

I like the cake AND the candles! No candles, no wish!

From the story 驚喜派對 (The Surprise Party)

我也在郵局對面啊。可是我沒看到你。

wǒ yě zài yóu jú duì miàn a kě shì wǒ méi kàn dào nǐ

I'm across from the post office too. But I don't see you.

From the story 哪一家郵局？ (Which Post Office?)

Where 也 is taught

  • Unit level: TOCFL Band A (CiaoSpeak’s placement, not the official TOCFL word list)
  • Unit: Comparing & Talking About Time
  • Lesson: Together and the Most
  • Taught just before: 最
  • Taught just after: 只