Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

also

Chinese: 也、也是。文言用法。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “yi” becomes a different word in each tone. 亦 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 不亦乐乎bù yì lè hūlit. isn't that a joy? (quote from Confucius); fig. (jocular) extremely; awfully
  • 不亦bù yì(literary) isn't it truly …?; how … it is!
  • 亦作yì zuòalso written as
  • 亦或yì huòor
  • 亦即yì jínamely; that is

Example Sentence

学习知识,亦要学会做人。Xué xí zhī shi, yì yào xué huì zuò rén.While learning knowledge, one should also learn how to be a good person.

学习Xué xíto learn知识zhī shiknowledgealsoyàoto want学会xué huìto learn做人zuò rénto conduct oneself