(yē) - yeah, yay (interjection); used in transliterations in Mandarin
yēTraditional: 耶
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Translation
yeah, yay (interjection); used in transliterations
Word origin
耶 (yē) is used as an interjection and in transliterations. It is a phono-semantic compound of 阝(the right-hand 'city' radical, from 邑) with 耳 (ěr, 'ear') as the phonetic and meaning component, and originally functioned as a question particle.
- Origin
- phono-semantic compound
- Root
- 耳 (ěr, 'ear', phonetic) + 阝(city radical)
Stroke order
耶
Examples
，！
Yay, we won!
，！
Yeah, that's great!
，！
We won, yay!
，！
Yay, we finally won!
，。
Yay, the weekend is here again.
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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 耶.
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