Chinese symbol for “acetylene”
乙炔
yǐ quē
acetylene; ethyne C2H2
The closest CC-CEDICT match for acetylene is 乙炔 (yǐ quē), defined as: acetylene; ethyne C2H2.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 乙炔.
| 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 |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “acetylene”.
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.