yé

邪

Character · Noun · Particle

in 莫邪; same as 耶

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Meanings

2 senses · 4 examples
1.

noun

referring to 莫邪

literary

Only used in the fixed phrase 莫邪 (Mòyé), a legendary ancient Chinese sword.

Mò莫
yé邪
shì是
Zhōng中
guó国
gǔ古
dài代
zhù著
míng名
de的
cí雌
xióng雄
bǎo宝
jiàn剑
zhī之
yī一
 。

Moye is one of the famous male and female legendary ancient Chinese swords.

Chuán传
shuō说
gān干
jiàng将
mò莫
yé邪
wèi为
chǔ楚
wáng王
zhù铸
zào造
le了
liǎng两
bǎ把
bǎo宝
jiàn剑
 。

Legend has it that Ganjiang and Moye cast two swords for the King of Chu.

2.

particle

same as 耶

archaic

A classical Chinese sentence-final particle, used to express疑问, exclamation or tentative tone, now mostly replaced by 耶.

Cǐ此
fēi非
yé邪
 ？

Isn't this so?

Lè乐
zāi哉
yé邪
 ！

How happy it is!