<p>It is used to emphasize the verb 有.</p>

<p>We can omit 也 and show the same meaning.<br>
听众至少(也)有五千人。</p>

<p><a href="http://dict.revised.moe.edu.tw/cgi-bin/cbdic/gsweb.cgi?o=dcbdic&amp;searchid=W00000010776" rel="nofollow noreferrer">也 [副] 3</a><br>
表示强调。如：“一点也不”、“再也不敢”、“连爸妈也乐得开怀大笑。” </p>

<p><a href="http://www.guoxuedashi.com/zidian/_4E5F.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">也 yě 〈副〉(5)</a><br>
 表示强调 [even]。如: 也须 (也应当; 也应该); 连老人也干活</p>

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<p>I am reading this example:</p>

<p>听众至少也有五千人。
The audience was not less than five thousand.</p>

<p>Dictionary gives only "also, too" meanings for 也 and it doesn't seem to fit in this example. So what is the role of this word here? </p>

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see previous Q，esp. quotation from ＂汉语８００虚词用法词典＂contained in comment #1 https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/20906/what-does-%e4%b9%9f-mean-in-this-sentence  (besides, most users look at more than one dictionary, bkrs & jukuu are recommended)
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Additional meanings of 也
# Additional meanings of 也

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-07-13)

I am reading this example:

听众至少也有五千人。
The audience was not less than five thousand.

Dictionary gives only "also, too" meanings for 也 and it doesn't seem to fit in this example. So what is the role of this word here?

**Tags:** meaning, usage

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: see previous Q，esp. quotation from ＂汉语８００虚词用法词典＂contained in comment #1 https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/20906/what-does-%e4%b9%9f-mean-in-this-sentence  (besides, most users look at more than one dictionary, bkrs & jukuu are recommended)  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2017-07-13. Score: 5 | Accepted answer

It is used to emphasize the verb 有.

We can omit 也 and show the same meaning.  
听众至少(也)有五千人。

[也 [副] 3](http://dict.revised.moe.edu.tw/cgi-bin/cbdic/gsweb.cgi?o=dcbdic&searchid=W00000010776)  
表示强调。如：“一点也不”、“再也不敢”、“连爸妈也乐得开怀大笑。”

[也 yě 〈副〉(5)](http://www.guoxuedashi.com/zidian/_4E5F.html)  
表示强调 [even]。如: 也须 (也应当; 也应该); 连老人也干活


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