野

yě

adjective HSK 6 #2,789

Meanings

Zhè zuò shān shàng yǒu hěn duō yě huā.

There are many wildflowers on this mountain.

Zhège háizi tài yě le, guǎn bu zhù.

This kid is too unruly, you can't control him.

Bié chī yě mógu, kěnéng yǒu dú.

Don't eat wild mushrooms, they might be poisonous.

Tā de yěxīn hěn dà.

He has great ambition.

usage

野 can describe nature (野花, 野果) or personality (太野了 = too wild/unruly). 野心 (yěxīn, 'wild heart') means ambition, often with a negative connotation.

usage

野 combines 里 (village) and 予 — think of what lies beyond the village boundaries: the wild, untamed countryside.

野 yě