- 乙 yǐ: 乙 yi3: second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; 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[yi3 fang1], as opposed to 甲方[jia3 fang1]); ethyl; bent; winding; radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5); ancient Chinese compass point: 105°乙 zhé: 乙 zhe2: turning stroke (in Chinese characters), aka 折[zhe2]
- to seem; to be like
- stinking
- orangutan; (slang) dialect speaker whose speech is corrupted by Standard Mandarin
- special; unique; distinguished; especially; unusual; very; abbr. for 特克斯[te4 ke4 si1], tex
- instrument; apparatus; CL:臺|台[tai2]
- Turkey
- to barbecue meat; to roast meat; barbecued meat; roast meat
- edible seaweed of genus Porphyra or genus Pyropia, esp. one used to make dried sheets of nori
- to become moldy
- cheese; CL:塊|块[kuai4],盒[he2],片[pian4]
- unusual; unique
- third of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; third in order; letter "C" or Roman "III" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; ancient Chinese compass point: 165°; propyl
- original
- accomplishment; training; self-cultivation
- fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic; savory or appetizing; (to eat) with relish; (of sleep) sound; perfume or spice; joss or incense stick; CL:根[gen1]
- seaweed; marine alga; kelp
- fresh (experience, food etc); freshness; novel; uncommon
- appetite
- 丁 Dīng: 丁 Ding1: surname Ding丁 dīng: 丁 ding1: male adult; the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干[tian1 gan1]; fourth (used like "4" or "D"); small cube of meat or vegetable; (literary) to encounter; (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195°; (chemistry) butyl丁 zhēng: 丁 zheng1: used in 丁丁[zheng1 zheng1]
- lit. rotten wood cannot be carved (idiom); fig. you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
- to regret; to feel that it is a great pity; to feel sorry for sb
- (loanword) watt
- to sink into; to get caught up in; to land in (a predicament)
- main stream (of a river); fig. the essential point; main viewpoint of a matter; mainstream (culture etc)
- north Europe; Scandinavia
- dwarf; pygmy; small person; midget
- skilled workman
- to give a name to; to dub; to christen; to designate; named after; naming
- ample; complete; hundred percent; a pure shade (of some color)
- to be abbreviated to; abbreviation; short form
- full name
- long and tedious; redundant; superfluous; supernumerary; verbose (of writing)
- to put to use; to apply; practical; applied (science, linguistics etc); application; practical use; (computing) app
- theory; CL:個|个[ge4]; to argue; to take notice of
- to change; to turn; to convert; (genetics) to transform; (chemistry) isomerization
- angle; (fig.) point of view
- to rename
- madman
- itself; oneself; one's own
- drink; drinking or drinkable (water)
- to distill; distillation
- to filter
- to purify
- to eliminate dust (i.e. filter out suspended particles)