乙
yǐ
HSK level: HSK 5
Meaning
second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; second in order; letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方[yi3 fang1], as opposed to 甲方[jia3 fang1]); ethyl; bent; winding; radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5)
Other reading: zhé
turning stroke (in Chinese characters), aka 折[zhe2]
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Examples
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.
Words with this character
帝乙 Dì Yǐ Di Yi, Shang dynasty king, reigned 1101-1076 BC甲乙 jiǎ yǐ first two of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]涂乙 tú yǐ to edit乙丑 yǐ chǒu second year B2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1985 or 2045乙醇 yǐ chún ethanol乙方 yǐ fāng party B乙肝 yǐ gān hepatitis B乙亥 yǐ hài twelfth year B12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1995 or 2055乙基 yǐ jī ethyl group乙流 yǐ liú type B influenza乙卯 yǐ mǎo fifty-second year B4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1975 or 2035乙醚 yǐ mí ether乙脑 yǐ nǎo Japanese encephalitis乙女 yǐ nǚ maiden乙醛 yǐ quán acetaldehyde H3CCHO乙炔 yǐ quē acetylene乙巳 yǐ sì forty-second year B6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1965 or 2025乙酸 yǐ suān acetic acid乙太 yǐ tài variant of 以太[yi3 tai4]乙烷 yǐ wán ethane乙未 yǐ wèi thirty-second year B8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1955 or 2015乙烯 yǐ xī ethylene乙酰 yǐ xiān acetyl