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乙

yǐ

HSK 5 Character

What 乙 means

1. second of the ten Heavenly Stems {十天干|shí tiān gān}
2. second in order
3. letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
4. second party (in legal contract, usually {乙方|yǐ fāng}, as opposed to {甲方|jiǎ fāng})
5. ethyl
6. bent
7. winding
8. radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5)
9. ancient Chinese compass point: 105°

Other readings

乙 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• zhéturning stroke (in Chinese characters), aka {折|zhé}

Example sentences

• 甲之蜜糖，乙之砒霜。
  Jiǎ zhī mì táng, yǐ zhī pīshuāng.
  One man's meat is another man's poison.
• 雷吉娜安扬戈是奈洛比一家小吃摊的老板，她用乙醇燃料为顾客准备餐点。她的厨房没有木炭产生的烟雾与废气。
  Regina Anyango, owner of small food kiosk in Nairobi, uses ethanol fuel to prepare meals for customers. Her kitchen is free of fumes and smoke from charcoal use.

Words starting with 乙

• 乙肝yǐ gānhepatitis B
• 乙方yǐ fāngparty B (in a contract) (cf. 甲方
• 乙醇yǐ chúnethanol; ethyl alcohol
• 乙酉yǐ yǒutwenty-second year B10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2005 or 2065
• 乙型yǐ xíngtype B; type II; beta-
• 乙基yǐ jīethyl group (chemistry)
• 乙女yǐ nǚ(slang) maiden; young lady…
• 乙未yǐ wèithirty-second year B8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1955 or 2015
• 乙流yǐ liútype B influenza (abbr. for 乙型流感
• 乙种yǐ zhǒngtype B; category B; second class or grade; beta-
• 乙脑yǐ nǎoJapanese encephalitis (abbr. for 乙型脑炎
• 乙游yǐ yóuotome game – a romance simulation game targeted at women, typically featuring female…
• 乙酸yǐ suānacetic acid (CH3COOH); ethanoic acid
• 乙女心yǐ nǚ xīnSedum pachyphyllum (a succulent plant with red-tipped leaves); jelly bean plant
• 乙氧基yǐ yǎng jīethoxy (chemistry)
• 乙酸基yǐ suān jīacetyl radical CH3COO-
• 乙酸根yǐ suān gēnacetyl radical CH3COO-
• 乙酸盐yǐ suān yánacetate CH3COO-
• 乙型肝炎yǐ xíng gān yánhepatitis B
• 乙型脑炎yǐ xíng nǎo yánJapanese encephalitis, aka epidemic encephalitis B
• 乙太网路yǐ tài wǎng lù(Taiwan) Ethernet
• 乙种射线yǐ zhǒng shè xiànbeta ray (electron stream from radioactive decay)
• 乙种粒子yǐ zhǒng lì zǐbeta particle (electron, esp. high speed electron emitted by radioactive nucleus)
• 乙状结肠yǐ zhuàng jié chángsigmoid colon (anatomy); bent colon, linking the descending colon to the rectum

Words containing 乙

• 孔乙己Kǒng Yǐ jǐKong Yiji, protagonist of a short story of the same name by Lu Xun 鲁迅
• 涂乙tú yǐto edit (a text); to revise (a manuscript)
• 帝乙Dì YǐDi Yi (died 1076 BC), Shang dynasty king, reigned 1101-1076 BC
• 甲乙jiǎ yǐfirst two of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干
• 待乙妥dài yǐ tuǒDEET (insect repellent) (loanword)
• 太乙金华宗旨Tài yǐ Jīn huá Zōng zhǐThe Secret of the Golden Flower, a classic of Chinese Taoism published in the late 17th…
• 环氧乙烷huán yǎng yǐ wánethylene oxide
• 氯乙烯lǜ yǐ xīvinyl chloride (chloroethene C2H3Cl)
• 聚乙烯jù yǐ xīpolythene; polyethylene
• 苯乙烯běn yǐ xīStyrene
• 聚氯乙烯jù lǜ yǐ xīpolyvinyl chloride (PVC)
• 聚苯乙烯jù běn yǐ xīpolystyrene
• 醋酸乙酯cù suān yǐ zhǐethyl acetate; acetidin
• 对乙酰氨基酚duì yǐ xiān ān jī fēnparacetamol; acetaminophen
• 氧乙炔yǎng yǐ quēoxyacetylene
• 氧乙炔炬yǎng yǐ quē jùan oxyacetylene torch
• 氧乙炔焊yǎng yǐ quē hànoxyacetylene welding
• 氧乙炔焊炬yǎng yǐ quē hàn jùoxyacetylene torch
• 四氯乙烯sì lǜ yǐ xītetrachloroethylene
• 合四乙尺工hé sì yǐ chě gōngnames of the five notes of the Chinese pentatonic scale, corresponding roughly to do, re…
• 聚四氟乙烯jù sì fú yǐ xīpolytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), trademarked as Teflon
• 二氯苯胺苯乙酸钠èr lǜ běn àn běn yǐ suān nàdiclofenac sodium…
• 甲之蜜糖，乙之砒霜jiǎ zhī mì táng , yǐ zhī pī shuāngone man's meat is another man's poison (idiom)

Sounds the same

Read yǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 以to use; by means of; according to
• 已already; to stop; then
• 椅chair
• 蚁ant
• 矣classical final particle, similar to modern 了
• 倚to lean on; to rely upon
• 尾horse's tail; pointed posterior section of a locust etc
• 苡used in 芣苡; see 薏苡
• 旖used in 旖旎
• 螘ant; variant of 蚁
• 钇yttrium (chemistry)
• 扆screen