Dictionary/乙

乙

yǐ

ㄧˇ
NHSK 5TOCFL L4core 10k
1second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]
2second in order
3ethyl
4bent
5winding
6radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5)
7ancient Chinese compass point: 105°
8letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
9second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方[yi3 fang1], as opposed to 甲方[jia3 fang1])

Characters

Example

jiǎ甲zhī之mì蜜táng糖,yǐ乙zhī之pī砒shuāng霜。
甲之蜜糖,乙之砒霜。
One man's meat is another man's poison.