Chinese symbol for “ethyl”
The closest CC-CEDICT match for ethyl is 乙 (yǐ), defined as: second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 (shí tiān gān); 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 (yǐ fāng), as opposed to 甲方 (jiǎ fāng)); ethyl; bent.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 乙.
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “ethyl”.
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.