乙
yǐzhé HSK5

second

乙 yǐ frequency
second adjective
the second of the ten Heavenly Stems; second in order or rank, such as 'B' or 'II'

他在考试中得了乙等。

tā zài kǎo​shì zhōng dé le yǐ​děng.

He got a grade B in the exam.

bent numeral
bent or winding in shape

此处的地势如乙字般弯曲。

cǐ chù de dì​shì rú yǐ zì bān wān​qū.

The terrain here curves like the character 'Yi'.

compass point numeral
an ancient Chinese compass point corresponding to 105 degrees

罗盘上的乙位代表特定的方位。

luó​pán shàng de yǐ wèi dài​biǎo tè​dìng de fāng​wèi.

The position 'Yi' on the compass represents a specific direction.

ethyl numeral
prefix used in chemistry for ethyl or organic compounds containing two carbon atoms

实验室里这瓶乙醇的浓度很高，使用时要注意防火。

shí​yàn​shì lǐ zhè píng yǐ chún de nóng​dù hěn gāo, shǐ​yòng shí yào zhù​yì fáng​huǒ.

The ethanol in this bottle in the lab is highly concentrated, so be sure to take fire precautions when using it.

radical numeral
the Chinese character radical 'yi' (Kangxi radical 5)

“也”字的部首是乙部。

“ Yě” zì de bù​shǒu shì yǐ bù.

The radical of the character '也' is 'Yi'.

second party noun
the second party in a legal contract, typically referred to as 乙方 yǐ​fāng

乙方应当按合同约定支付费用。

yǐ fāng yīng​dāng àn hé​tong yuē​dìng zhī​fù fèi​yòng.

Party B shall pay the fees as agreed in the contract.

乙 zhé
turning stroke numeral
turning stroke (in Chinese characters), also known as 折 zhé

老师正在黑板上演示“乙”这个笔画的正确写法。

lǎo​shī zhèng​zài hēi​bǎn shàng yǎn​shì“ zhé” zhè​ge bǐ​huà de zhèng​què xiě​fǎ.

The teacher is demonstrating the correct way to write the stroke 'yi' on the blackboard.

Cross-References

Has variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,872nd most common 43.0 per million
Movie subtitles
2,822nd most common 4.65 per million appears in 2% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
3.04 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
26.3 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 5
Strokes
1
Unicode
U+4E59

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)