乙

yǐ

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yǐ second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shí tiān gān]; second in order 13 definitions zhé turning stroke (in Chinese characters), aka 折[zhé]

Definitions

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
4. B
5. C\, or \I
6. II
7. III\ etc
8. second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方[yǐ fāng], as opposed to 甲方[jiǎ fāng])
9. ethyl
10. bent
11. winding
12. radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5)
13. ancient Chinese compass point: 105°

Words Containing 乙

• 乙丑 yǐ chǒu: second year B2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1985 or 2045
• 乙二醇 yǐ èr chún: glycol
• 乙亥 yǐ hài: twelfth year B12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1995 or 2055
• 乙卯 yǐ mǎo: fifty-second year B4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1975 or 2035
• 乙型 yǐ xíng: type B
• 乙型肝炎 yǐ xíng gān yán: hepatitis B
• 乙型脑炎 yǐ xíng nǎo yán: epidemic encephalitis B, aka Japanese encephalitis
• 乙基 yǐ jī: ethyl group (chemistry)
• 乙巳 yǐ sì: forty-second year B6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1965 or 2025
• 乙方 yǐ fāng: second party (law) (contrasted with 甲方[jiǎ fāng])
• 乙未 yǐ wèi: thirty-second year B8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1955 or 2015
• 乙氧基 yǐ yǎng jī: ethoxy (chemistry)
• 乙氨基 yǐ ān jī: ethylamino group
• 乙炔 yǐ quē: acetylene
• 乙烯 yǐ xī: ethylene
• 乙烯基 yǐ xī jī: vinyl
• 乙烷 yǐ wán: ethane (C2H6)
• 乙状结肠 yǐ zhuàng jié cháng: sigmoid colon (anatomy)
• 乙硫醇 yǐ liú chún: ethanethiol (chemistry)
• 乙种 yǐ zhǒng: beta- or type 2
• 乙种促效剂 yǐ zhǒng cù xiào jì: beta-2 agonist
• 乙种射线 yǐ zhǒng shè xiàn: beta ray (electron stream from radioactive decay)
• 乙种粒子 yǐ zhǒng lì zǐ: beta particle (electron, esp. high speed electron emitted by radioactive nucleus)
• 乙肝 yǐ gān: hepatitis B
• 乙酉 yǐ yǒu: twenty-second year B10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2005 or 2065
• 乙酰 yǐ xiān: acetyl (chemistry)
• 乙酰胺吡咯烷酮 yǐ xiān àn bǐ luò wán tóng: piracetam (C6H10N2O2)
• 乙酰胆碱 yǐ xiān dǎn jiǎn: acetylcholine ACh (amine related to vitamin B complex)
• 乙酸 yǐ suān: acetic acid (CH3COOH)
• 乙酸基 yǐ suān jī: acetyl radical CH3COO-
• 乙酸根 yǐ suān gēn: acetyl radical CH3COO-
• 乙酸盐 yǐ suān yán: acetate CH3COO-
• 乙醇 yǐ chún: ethanol C2H5OH
• 乙醇酸 yǐ chún suān: glycolic acid C2H4O3
• 乙醚 yǐ mí: ether
• 乙醛 yǐ quán: acetaldehyde H3CCHO
• 二氯乙烷中毒 èr lǜ yǐ wán zhōng dú: dichloroethane poisoning
• 二氯苯胺苯乙酸钠 èr lǜ běn àn běn yǐ suān nà: diclofenac sodium (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to reduce swelling and as painkiller)
• 合四乙尺工 hé sì yǐ chě gōng: names of the five notes of the Chinese pentatonic scale, corresponding roughly to do, re, mi, sol, la
• 四乙基铅中毒 sì yǐ jī qiān zhōng dú: tetraethyl lead poisoning
• 四氯乙烯 sì lǜ yǐ xī: tetrachloroethylene
• 涂乙 tú yǐ: to edit (a text)
• 孔乙己 kǒng yǐ jǐ: Kong Yiji, protagonist of short story by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[lǔ xùn]
• 对乙酰氨基酚 duì yǐ xiān ān jī fēn: paracetamol
• 帝乙 dì yǐ: Di Yi (died 1076 BC), Shang dynasty king, reigned 1101-1076 BC
• 待乙妥 dài yǐ tuǒ: DEET (insect repellent) (loanword)
• 氧乙炔 yǎng yǐ quē: oxyacetylene
• 氧乙炔炬 yǎng yǐ quē jù: an oxyacetylene torch
• 氧乙炔焊 yǎng yǐ quē hàn: oxyacetylene welding
• 氧乙炔焊炬 yǎng yǐ quē hàn jù: oxyacetylene torch
• 氯乙烯 lǜ yǐ xī: vinyl chloride (chloroethene C2H3Cl)
• 环氧乙烷 huán yǎng yǐ wán: ethylene oxide
• 甲之蜜糖，乙之砒霜 jiǎ zhī mì táng , yǐ zhī pī shuāng: one man's meat is another man's poison (idiom)
• 甲乙 jiǎ yǐ: first two of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shí tiān gān]
• 聚乙烯 jù yǐ xī: polythene
• 聚四氟乙烯 jù sì fú yǐ xī: polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), trademarked as Teflon
• 聚氯乙烯 jù lǜ yǐ xī: polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
• 聚苯乙烯 jù běn yǐ xī: polystyrene
• 苯乙烯 běn yǐ xī: Styrene
• 超高速乙太网路 chāo gāo sù yǐ tài wǎng lù: Gigabit Ethernet
• 醋酸乙酯 cù suān yǐ zhǐ: ethyl acetate