Chinese symbol for “acetyl”
乙酰
yǐ xiān
acetyl (chemistry)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for acetyl is 乙酰 (yǐ xiān), defined as: acetyl (chemistry).
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 乙酰.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乙醇 | yǐ chún | ethanol; ethyl alcohol |
| 乙烯 | yǐ xī | ethylene |
| 乙肝 | yǐ gān | hepatitis B |
| 乙方 | yǐ fāng | party B (in a contract) (cf. 甲方 (jiǎ fāng), party A) |
| 乙醚 | yǐ mí | ether; diethyl ether C2H5OC2H5 |
| 乙炔 | yǐ quē | acetylene; ethyne C2H2 |
| 酰胺 | xiān àn | (chemistry) amide |
| 乙酰胆碱 (乙酰膽鹼) | yǐ xiān dǎn jiǎn | acetylcholine ACh (amine related to vitamin B complex) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “acetyl”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.