Chinese symbol for “ether”
以太
yǐ tài
(loanword) ether (hypothetical medium that transmits light waves)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for ether is 以太 (yǐ tài), defined as: (loanword) ether (hypothetical medium that transmits light waves).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “ether”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 以太.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can; may |
| 以及 | yǐ jí | and; as well as |
| 所以 | suǒ yǐ | therefore; as a result |
| 以后 (以後) | yǐ hòu | after; later |
| 以下 | yǐ xià | that level or lower; that amount or less |
| 以上 | yǐ shàng | that level or higher; that amount or more; the above-mentioned |
| 太阳 (太陽) | tài yang | sun; sunlight; sunshine |
| 太空 | tài kōng | outer space |
See also: Japanese symbol for “ether”.
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.